Question

Harold wound 5 meters of string around a spool. How many centimeters of string were on the spool?

a. 0.05 cm
b. 0.50 cm
c. 50 cm
d. 500 cm

Answer 1

The centimetre is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one-hundredth of a meter.
Then 5m = 5 × 100 cm = 500 cm ;
d. is the right answer ;

Answer 2

D 500 centimeters. Centi means 100.
a centimeter is 100th of a meter so 5 meters multiplied by 100= 500 :)