The decimal point moves five places to the right.
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When moving from larger values to smaller ones, there will be more of them. That means multiplication which makes the decimal point appear to move to the right.
Mass refers to grams, so to convert from grams to kilograms, divide by 1,000. Example: 100 grams / 1,000 = .1 kg Convert g to kg -- .01 grams x 1,000= 10 kg Note you can move the decimal point three places to the left for grams to kilograms, or right for kilograms to grams.
To convert 250 grams to a decimal, you need to know the conversion factor between grams and kilograms. Since 1 kilogram is equal to 1000 grams, you can divide 250 grams by 1000 to convert it to kilograms. Therefore, 250 grams is equal to 0.25 kilograms when expressed as a decimal.
Rounded to two decimal places, one hundredweight is equal to 50.80 kilograms.
To convert a percent to a decimal, express the percent as a decimal then move the decimal point to the left two places:48.6% = 0.486