Question

which is shorter, 60 meters or 600 centimeters?

Answer 1

Your answer would be 600 centimeters. If you look at a ruler you'll see that there are centimeters and no meters because you'll need 100 cm.

Answer 2

Have them both in meters.

Use the conversion: 1m/100cm x 600cm/1 = 6m.
So, 600cm = 6m

The 60 meters is already in meters, so it can be kept the same.




Now that they are in the same unit, we can easily compare:

60m > 6m

So, the 6m is shorter and a smaller amount.


Hence, 600cm is smaller.









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