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The prefix centi means 1/100. The prefix milli means 1/1000. Therefore there are 1000/100 millimetres in a centimetre, i.e. 10. Now as millimetres are smaller than centimetres, we need to multiply cm to get in millimetres. 12.5x10 gives you 125 millimetres.

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