Question

What is one-hundredths of a meter?

• A. $0.01\text{m}$
• B. $0.01\text{m}$
• C. $\frac{1}{100}\text{m}$
• D. $\frac{1}{10}\text{m}$

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (C)

$\frac{1}{100}\text{m}$

One-hundredths signifies ${\left(\frac{1}{100}\right)}^{th}.$

One-hundredths of a meter $={\left(\frac{1}{100}\right)}^{th}\text{of}1\text{m}$
$=\frac{1}{100}\times 1\text{m}$
$=\frac{1.0}{100}\text{m}$
(shifting the decimal point leftwards according to the number of zeros in the denominator followed by $1$)
$=\frac{0.01}{1}\text{m}$
$=0.01\text{m}$