Solve 0.01cm/0.45cm*100=

$$\frac { 0.01 cm } { 0.45 cm } \times 100 =$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{20}{9}\approx 2.222222222$$

Solution Steps

Cancel out cm in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{0.01}{0.45}\times 100$$

Expand \frac{0.01}{0.45} by multiplying both numerator and the denominator by 100.

$$\frac{1}{45}\times 100$$

Multiply \frac{1}{45} and 100 to get \frac{100}{45}.

$$\frac{100}{45}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{100}{45} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\frac{20}{9}$$

Factor

$$\frac{5 \cdot 2 ^ {2}}{3 ^ {2}} = 2\frac{2}{9} = 2.2222222222222223$$