a book is 15 cm long and 6 cm wide. what are the length and width of the book in inches? round your answers to the nearest hundredth.

Question

a book is 15 cm long and 6 cm wide. what are the length and width of the book in inches? round your answers to the nearest hundredth.

Answer 1

To begin, we need to know how the metric system and the customary one are related.

1 cm is about 0.39 inches . so you can use proportion or simply multiply

15(0.39)= 5.85 inches long and 6(0.39) = 2.34 inches wide

so the book dimensions in inches are 5.85 x 2.34 inches