5 meter is how many centimeters?

10 millimeters=1 centimeter

10 centimeters=1 decimeter

10 decimeters=1 meter

10 meters=1 decameter

10 decameters=1 hectometer

10 hecometer= 1 kilometer

If you know that there is 100 centimeters in a meter just times it by how many meters you want to be in centimeters so if you want to know how many centimeters are in 5 meters just do 100x5=500