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Centimeters  Date: 03/12/2001 at 21:41:35 From: amber palubicki
Subject: Elementary math on algorithms  1 meter stick is ___
times as long as 2 centimeters?  I'm not sure how to figure this
out. I get really confused in this  area. Please help me!
Date: 03/13/2001 at 09:29:24 From: Doctor Patti Subject: Re:
Elementary math on algorithms  Hello Amber,  Thank you for
writing to Dr. Math.  The creepy, crawly centipede has 100
legs.... so I've been told, but  have never counted. (Although
the name centipede means 'hundred- legged, the average is
actually about 35 pairs of legs...'"   (Encyclopedia.com,
http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/02481.html   ).   "Centi"
means 100. There are 100 centimeters in every meter.     1 meter
= 100 centimeters  Let's look at 25 centimeters.  We are going
to rephrase your question:     1 meter stick is ___ times as
long as 25 centimeters  There are four "groups"