Question

6 Jamila uses a tape measure to find the length of her desk. It is 1 metre 8.5 centimetres. Write this in metres.​

Answer 1

1.085 metres

Explanation:

100 centimetres = 1m

what about 8.5 cm?

Divide the centimetres by 100

8.5/100 = 0.085m

Then add the metre(s) you already have which is 1

thus 0.085 + 1

1.085m

Answer 2

1.085 metres

Explanation:

1 cm = 0.01 m

8.5 cm = 0.085 m

1m+0.085m=1.085 metres