Can somebody answer a stupid question for me...

[mcctatas]

how do you convert km to cm's? I haven't done this stuff since middle school and now I need to know how again for my geology class! I feel like a moron, but I'm desperate!

Thanks,
mcctatas

[LynzM]

1. Sure

There are 100 cm in a meter, and 1000 meters in a kilometer. So from km to cm you need to multiply by 1000 and then by 100 :)

[mcctatas]

2. Thank You!

wow, now I feel like a total dipshit, who knew it was so easy! :)

[alarimer]

3. Kilometers to centimeters?

1 km = 1000 m.
1 m = 100 cm

So to get cm, 1000 X 100 X n, with n being the number of km you are trying to convert. So 1 km = 100,000cm.

[Q3JR4]

4. Or since

1 km = 1000m, and 1 m = 100cm, that means that 1 km/1000 m = 1 and 1 m/ 100 cm = 1.

It also means that

1 km * 1000m/1km * 100cm/1m = 100000 cm.

Basically LynzM, alarimer, and I are all saying the same thing. :P

[alarimer]

13. By the time I got done, one of you had already posted

Metric is so much easier. I am so used to it from work that I sometimes tell people the temperature in Celsius: "It was 37 degrees here today (say in July)". They always look at me funny.

[petronius]

5. Why don't you use real American measurement, you fuckin' Euro-weenie!?

:evilgrin:

[uppityperson]

6. Here's another stupid question:

why is a bluebird called a bluebird yet a robin is called a robin when they look the same except the bluebird is blue and the robin is brown?

[BlueStorm]

7. No, I like intriquing questions like

Why do hotdogs come in a package of ten yet hot dog buns come in a package of eight. It's just not logical!!!!

Blue

[LynzM]

8. That's a good one, too.

Vast consipiracy amidst hot-dog manufacturers? :crazy:

[TheBaldyMan]

11. robins have redbreasts

[Hugin]

9. Check out the 'Calculator City' web site...

http://www.1728.com/index.htm

All kinds of web based converters and calculators.

[TheBaldyMan]

10. 1000 metres to the km, 100 centimetres to the metre

that means 100,000cm = 1km.

convert cm to km divide by 100,000
convert km to cm multiply by 100,000

if it's a map with scale 1:100,000 1cm on the map is 1km.

[Orsino]

12. I'll warn you, though...

...that trip won't seem any shorter if you take it in centimeters.

[unpossibles]

14. change the cm to inches, then the inches to rods

and then ..um... carry the three.... uh... the answer is 42.