Question

A piece of string is 325 centimeters long you need it to be 1 1/4 meters long how many centimeters should you cut off

Answer 1

200 centimeters

Explanation:

Answer 2

In order to calculate the length you should cut off, it is important that the units are the same. We convert one to have the same units as the other. We do as follows:

325 centimeters ( 1 m / 100 cm ) = 3.25 m

3.25 - 1.25 = 2 m

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