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Question from Eliza, a student: Find the dimension of the box in centimetres. Then find its volume in cubic centimeters. |
Hi Eliza,
The prefix centi means one one-hundredth. (It takes $100$ cents to make a dollar.)
It takes $100$ centimeters to make a metre. Hence $0.7$ metres is $0.7 \times 100 = 70 \mbox{ centimteres }.$
Can you complete the problem now? Write back if you need more assistance.
Penny
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