Question

Mr. Ryan had 8 meters of cable. He used 300 centimeters to hook up the television in his living room. Then he used 400 centimeters to hook up the television in his office. How many meters of cable did Mr. Ryan have left?

Answer 1

Mr. Ryan has 1 meter or 100 centimeters ethier (answer is correct)

Explanation:

How many meters of cable did Mr. Ryan have left?

Let's start here with that for every meter(m) there is 100 centimeters(cm) so in other words 1 meter = 100 centimeters

300 cm=3 m 400 cm=4 m

3m+4m=7m 300cm+400cm=700cm

__________________________________________________________800cm-700cm=100cm

8m-7m=1m

Answer 2

1 meter left

Explanation:

100 cm makes up a meter so 300 + 400 is 700 which is 7 meters so he has 1 meter left