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Using the ladder method, what is 480 cm = ________m

User Amol Patil
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We have

480 cm

In order to know how many meters are 480 cm, we need to move the point two units to the left because the prefix centi represents 0.01 of the unit

therefore

480 cm = 4.8m

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