Question

A ladybugs length measures 2cm express this measurement in meters explain your thinking include an equation with an exponent in your explanation

Answer 1

All we really need to do here is to convert 2 cm to meters. There are 100 cm in 1 meter, so the appropriate cm to meters conversion factor is

1 meter
-----------
100 cm

Thus,

2 cm 1 m
-------- * ----------- = (1/50) m = 0.02 m or 2.0*10^(-2) m (answer)
1 100 cm