Question

There are 10 millimeters in 1 centimeter. How many centimeters are there in 5 milimeters?

Answer 1

There are 0.5 centimeters in 5 milimeters

Here, we want to calculate the number of centimeters in 5 milimeters

For convenience sake, we write centimeters as cm and millimeters as mm

10 mm = 1 cm

5 mm = x cm

Mathematically;

x * 10 = 5 * 1

10x = 5

x = 5/10

x = 0.5 cm