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The general rule for changing a percent to a decimal is to move the decimal point to the left two spaces (that is, divide by 100). Here you are given 0.8%, right? Divide 0.8 by 100 and you get 0.008. That's your decimal. Hope that helped.
.09 cause to move the decimal you either times by 100 or divdie when u times it moves the decimal to the left and when you divide it it moves two spots 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.
You move the decimal left or right until you end up with one digit in front of the decimal. Then, if you had to move the decimal to the left to get this number, you will have ten to the positive power of the number of decimal places moved. If you had to move the decimal to the right to get the number, you will have ten to the negative power of the number of decimal places moved. In this example, 5217000000 = 5.217 x 109
.75 would be 75%. To change decimal to percent, multiply by 100 (that is, move the decimal two places to the right). To change percent to decimal, divide by 100 (that is, move the decimal two places to the left).
If I wanted to multiply by a power of ten, I'd move it to the right. If I wanted to divide by a power of ten, I'd move it to the left.
It is not. For positive powers of ten, the decimal point moves to the right when multiplying and to the left when dividing. For negative powers of ten the point moves in the opposite directions.
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.
When multiplying by a power of ten the digits of the number move left the same number of place value columns as the power. When dividing by a power of ten the digits of the number move right the same number of place value columns as the power. As this is awkward to do with pencil and paper, the effect on the position of the decimal point is used instead: To multiply by a power of ten the decimal point is moved right the same number of digits as the power of 10; To divide by a power of ten the decimal point is moved left the same number of digits as the power of 10; If there are insufficient digits to do the moving zeros (0) are inserted as necessary.
When you multiply or divide a number by 10, the decimal place is moved to the right or the left. Ie. 2.0 x 10 = 20.0 ( The decimal point was moved to the right for multiplication). Ie. 20.0 / 10 = 2.0 ( The decimal point was moved to the left for division).
It moves to the right because the decimal point moves to the left.
The general rule for changing a percent to a decimal is to move the decimal point to the left two spaces (that is, divide by 100). Here you are given 0.8%, right? Divide 0.8 by 100 and you get 0.008. That's your decimal. Hope that helped.
It is not. For positive powers of ten, the decimal point moves to the right when multiplying and to the left when dividing. For negative powers of ten the point moves in the opposite directions.
.09 cause to move the decimal you either times by 100 or divdie when u times it moves the decimal to the left and when you divide it it moves two spots 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.
You move the decimal left or right until you end up with one digit in front of the decimal. Then, if you had to move the decimal to the left to get this number, you will have ten to the positive power of the number of decimal places moved. If you had to move the decimal to the right to get the number, you will have ten to the negative power of the number of decimal places moved. In this example, 5217000000 = 5.217 x 109
With each increase in the power of ten, the decimal point moves one place to the left. You may have to insert os immediately after the decimal point to maintain that shift.