Question

1. john is trying to convert an area from meters squared to millimeters squared. he multiplied the area he had by 1,000 and got the wrong answer. what should he have multiplied the original area by?101,000,0001001,000

Explanation:

Step1: Relate meters to millimeters

$1\ \text{meter} = 1000\ \text{millimeters}$

Step2: Square for area conversion

$(1\ \text{meter})^2 = (1000\ \text{millimeters})^2$
$1\ \text{m}^2 = 1000^2\ \text{mm}^2 = 1,000,000\ \text{mm}^2$

Answer:

1,000,000