Question
A ladybug’s length measure 2cm. Express the measurement in meters. Explain your thinking. Include an equation with an exponent in your explanation.
Answers
GPT 3.5
To convert 2cm to meters, we need to divide the length by 100 since there are 100 centimeters in 1 meter.
So, 2cm ÷ 100 = 0.02 meters.
To express this conversion using an exponent, we can write it as:
2cm = 2 × 10^(-2) meters.
Here, the exponent -2 represents the division by 100, because each time we move the decimal point two places to the left, we divide the value by 100.
So, 2cm ÷ 100 = 0.02 meters.
To express this conversion using an exponent, we can write it as:
2cm = 2 × 10^(-2) meters.
Here, the exponent -2 represents the division by 100, because each time we move the decimal point two places to the left, we divide the value by 100.