Question

Tony measures a drum stick and gets a length of 31 centimeters kate converts tony's measurements and gets 3.1 is her answer reasonable tell how you know

Answer 1

Kate has changed the unit of measurement from centimeters to decimeters.

Explanation:

Tony measures a drum stick and the length is measured to be 31 centimeters.

Now, Kate converts Tony's measurements and gets 3.1.

Now, we know that 10 centimeters are equivalent to 1 decimeter.

Hence, 1 centimeter will be equivalent to 0.1 decimeters.

And, 31 centimeters will be equivalent to 31 × 0.1 = 3.1 decimeters.

So, Kate has changed the unit of measurement from centimeters to decimeters. (Answer)