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A pencil is 16.2 cm long. What is its length in millimeters (mm)?

Answer 1

To convert centimeters to millimeters, multiply the length by 10. Therefore, the length of the pencil in millimeters is 162 mm.

Step-by-step explanation:

To convert centimeters to millimeters, we multiply the length by 10 because there are 10 millimeters in 1 centimeter. Therefore, to find the length of the pencil in millimeters:

Length in millimeters = Length in centimeters * 10

Length in millimeters = 16.2 cm * 10

Length in millimeters = 162 mm

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