Which one is greater #5000cm.# or #5# meters?

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Answer 1 · 2016-10-02T08:06:21

#5000# #cm# is a lot greater than #5# meters.

Each meter has #100# centimeters and therefore #5# meters are equal to #5xx100=500# #cm#.

Hence #5000# #cm# is a lot greater than #5# meters.

Answer 2 · 2018-07-03T15:41:11

#5000# centimeters.

We first convert them to the same units.

#1# meter is equal to #100# centimeters. So, we have:

#5color(red)cancelcolor(black)"m"*(100 \ "cm")/(color(red)cancelcolor(black)"m")=500 \ "cm"#

Now, we clearly see that #5000# is a much bigger number than #500#, and so #5000# centimeters is greater than #5# meters.