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When you multiply a decimal by ten move the decimal point one place to the?
right
What is 100 percent in decimal form?
When turning a percent into a decimal, all you have to do is move the decimal 2 places to the left of the end of the number. This is because when turning a decimal into a percent, you must multiply it by 100, which is 2 decimal places. Your answer is 1.00.
How do you turn percent to decimal?
an easy way to do this is to move the decimal two spots to the left. for instance 50% would be .50. Likewise to turn a decimal to a percent you move the decimal two spaces to the right. for instance .50 would be 50%.
What is the answer when you multiply a decimal number by 1000?
Exactly what you have when you just move the decimal point three places to the right from where it originally is.
When you are multiplying a decimal with 10 does the decimal point move left or right?
right
When you multiply a decimal by 10 move the decimal place to the?
To the left
When you multiply a decimal by 10 which way does the decimal point move?
Left.
How do you multiply one tenths and one hundredths or one thousandths?
To multiply by 1/10, move the decimal point 1 place to the left. To multiply by 1/100, move the decimal point 2 places to the left. To multiply by 1/1000, move the decimal point 3 places to the left.
Why Move the decimal point to the right when you multiply?
The reason is because you have to make the number bigger when you multiply. When you move the decimal to the right you make the number bigger, when you move it to the left you make it smaller. Therefore, when you divide you must move the decimal to the left.
What do you multiply a number by to move the move the decimal place to the right?
Multiply by ten to move the decimal one place to the right. Multiply by 100 to move two places to the right. Divide by ten to move it one place to the left.
When you multiply a decimal number by 10 you move the decimal point one place value to the left?
No.
What happens as you move the decimal point to the left?
You multiply by 10 (Add a zero)
What is the percent of 0.155?
Multiply your decimal by 100 or move the decimal two places to the left.....you should get 15.5% -M
If there are 3 zeros in 1000 to multiply move the decimal 2 places to the rite or left?
move it 2 the rite
How do you multiply decimal by .01?
Wherever the decimal is, move it two places to the left Example: 98.87 x .01 = .9887
How do You FInd 5 percent of 190.50?
5% is 5/100. So you can divide by 100 by moving the decimal point 2 places to the left and then multiply by 5, or you can multiply by 5 first and then move the decimal point. Or you can divide by 2 and move the decimal point 1 place to the left. Either way, I get 9.525.
How do you multiply a negative power of ten?
Move the decimal point left to multiply by a negative power of ten. For example, 5X10-3 is 0.005
