by spider » Thu Nov 24, 2005 6:38 am
The SI unit prefix "centi" means 1/100 (one hundredths) of the base unit.
1 cm = 1 centi-meter = 1 * 1/100 meter = 1/100 meter = 0.01 meter
The opposite is true as well:
100 cm = 100 centi-meter = 100 * 1/100 meter = 1 meter
as you can see 1 meter = 100 cm.
I hope this helps.