Question

A ladybugs length measures 2cm express this measurement in meters explain your thinking include an equation with an exponent in your explanation

Answer 1

All we really need to do here is to convert 2 cm to meters.  There are 100 cm in 1 meter, so the appropriate cm to meters conversion factor is 

1 meter
-----------
100 cm

Thus, 

2 cm       1 m
-------- * ----------- = (1/50) m = 0.02 m      or  2.0*10^(-2) m     (answer)
    1        100 cm