Question

You have 0.895 m of ribbon to hang the "Grand Opening" sign. You need 100 cm to hang it correctly. Do you have enough ribbon? If not, how much more do you need? Explain your answer.

Answer 1

No you need 10.5cm more

Explanation:

If you use the King Henry Died By Drinking Chocolate Milk thing you will need to write out the 0.895 that you have and then write from By to Chocolate and then move from the B to the C after that you will need to move the decimal in 0.895 3 times to the left and then you get 89.5 then subtract 89.5 from 100 and now you have 10.5

I wish I could explain it better but this is how I remember how far the decimal has to go when converting in the metrics system

Answer 2

Answer: No, you need 10.5 cm more!

Explanation:

So we have 0.895m, which is 89.5cm and is < 100cm,

we can do 100cm - 89.5cm = 10.5 cm!