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When you convert from a bigger unit to a smaller unit do you multiply or divide?
multiply
What operation is used to bigger unit to smaller unit?
To convert from a bigger unit to a smaller unit, you typically use multiplication. This is because smaller units fit into larger units multiple times. For example, to convert kilometers to meters, you multiply the number of kilometers by 1,000 since there are 1,000 meters in a kilometer.
How do you convert from a larger unit to smaller unit?
By subtraction. For example 2 - 1 = 1
Are you converting from a smaller to larger unit or larger to smaller unit converting millimeters to meter?
You convert to a larger unit. Smaller to larger. Metre is 1000 times larger than a millimetre
Which way do you move the decimal in metric if your are going from a bigger to smaller unit?
The decimal would go left. For example: 18.0: Smaller: 1.8 Bigger: 180
How do you convert from a smaller metric unit to a larger metric unit?
you divide the smaller # into the bigger #----
When you convert from a bigger unit to a smaller unit do you multiply or divide?
multiply
If you convert kilometers to meters is the number bigger or smaller?
The number is bigger.
Does adding the prdfix kilo make a base unit bigger or smaller?
bigger!!
How do you convert from a larger unit to smaller unit?
By subtraction. For example 2 - 1 = 1
Are you converting from a smaller to larger unit or larger to smaller unit converting millimeters to meter?
You convert to a larger unit. Smaller to larger. Metre is 1000 times larger than a millimetre
Do you multiply or divide to change from a larger unit to a smaller unit?
To convert from a larger unit to a smaller unit you would multiply. Ex: 5 km = 5000 m Where 1 km = 1000 m <><><><><> It depends on which factor you are multiplying or dividing by. It can go either way. To convert from ounces to grams, for instance, you can divide by 28.350, or you can multiply by 0.035273.
How do you convert one cubic unit measures to larger or smaller unit?
To move to a larger measure, divide by s-cubed where s is the scale factor between the smaller linear measure and the bigger one. For example, To convert from cm3 to metre3 , 1 cm = 0.01 m so n cm2 = n*(0.01)3 cubic metres.
When converting from a small unit to a large unit do you multiply or divide?
You expect to end up with fewer of the large unit than you had of the small unit. Multiplication usually gives a bigger number than you started with. Division usually gives a smaller number than you started with.
Which way do you move the decimal in metric if your are going from a bigger to smaller unit?
The decimal would go left. For example: 18.0: Smaller: 1.8 Bigger: 180
If you convert kilometers to meters you have A smaller or bigger number?
You have a bigger number. Each single kilometer turns into 1,000 meters.
When you change from meters to centimetres will the whloe numbers be bigger or smaller?
Bigger. To convert from meters to centimeters, you need to multiply by 100. To convert from centimeters to meters, you need to divide by 100.
