0.10 = 1/10 so that multiplying by 0.10 is the same as dividing by 10.
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to the right to right to the right to the right not to the left to left to left lol have an awesome life
STEP 1:Take out the points and multiply as normal. STEP 2:After multiplying,count the numbers that are after the decimal points. STEP 3:Then look at your answer and put in your decimal places from the right to the left.
Multiplying or dividing by ten.
Lets say that u r doing the problem. 5.2 x 2.1 there are altogether 2 numbers to the right of the decimal, so you take out the decimals, multiply, and add the decimal 2 numbers to the left.
Because that is how the decimal system is defined: the place value of each digit is ten times that of the digit to its right. Multiplication by 10 is equivalent to moving each digit to the its left or, equivalently, moving the decimal point to the right.
This is because we count in tens so that the place value of a digit is ten times the place value of the digit to its right.
This is because we count in tens so that the place value of a digit is ten times the place value of the digit to its right.
You don't move the decimal point at all. You just multiply the numbers and the point should sort itself out or be put of how many digits it is to be.
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When you move a decimal point to the right you are multiplying a number by 10. For example, take 3.4. If you move the decimal point to the right you get 34. This is the same as: 3.4x10 = 34. Reversing this, you are dividing by 10 by moving the decimal point to the left. For example, take 73. If you move the decimal point to the right you get 7.3. This is the same as: 73/10 = 7.3. If you move a decimal point 2 spaces to the right, you are multiplying by 100, or more generally if you move the decimal point n spaces to the right, you are multiplying by 10^n.
Multiplying a real number by a positive power of ten moves the decimal point that number (the exponent) of places to the right. Multiplying by a negative power of ten moves it to the left. For example, the -3 power of 10 is 1/1000; multiplying by that moves the decimal point 3 places to the left.