Question

There are 10 mm in one cm and 100 cm in 1m. an adult alligator is about 4,000 mm long and an adult crocodile is abt 6m long

Answer 1

Answer: crocodile is longer
To get from mm to m, you would divide by 1000. 4000/1000 is 4, meaning the alligator is 4m and the croc is 6m (therefore longer)

Answer 2

Answer:

  the crocodile is longer

Step-by-step explanation:

To compare the lengths directly, we need to convert them to the same units. It is convenient to express the length of the alligator in meters.

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The length of the alligator is ...

  4000 mm = (4000 mm)×(1 cm)/(10 mm)×(1 m)/(100 cm)

  = 4000/(10×100) m = 4 m . . . . length of an alligator

The crocodile is 6 m long; the alligator is 4 m long, so the crocodile is longer.