Question

Teresa is 134 centimeters tall. Carl is 1.45 meters tall. Misty is 1,555 millimeters tall. Write the students in order from shortest to tallest.
I got Carl,Misty, Teresa am I correct?

Answer 1

no

Answer 2

HInt:
\[centi = 10^{-2}\]
\[milli = 10^{-3}\]
\[134(10^{-2}) = ?\]
\[1555(10^{-3}) = ?\]

Answer 3

the negatives mean thats how many places to the left it use to be.
centi- means the decimal point was once 2 spots to the left
milli- means the decimal point was once 3 spots to the left