The answer to that one is going to depend on two things:
-- what unit you are converting from
-- what unit you are converting to
You convert to a larger unit. Smaller to larger. Metre is 1000 times larger than a millimetre
False
The decimal point moves to the left.
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You convert to a larger unit. Smaller to larger. Metre is 1000 times larger than a millimetre
Multiply
No.
False
Divide by the conversion factor to get the equivalent value in the smaller unit.
It could be either, depending on whether you're converting to a larger or smaller unit.
False.
False - when converting from a larger unit to a smaller unit there will be more of them so you must multiply. What you multiply by depends upon the units, for example converting feet to inches you multiply by 12; converting pounds to ounces you multiply by 16. It is only with the metric system of units where you multiply by a power of 10 to convert a large unit to a smaller unit, for example 2.5 kg is 2500 g (multiply by 1000 or 103).
It makes sense to multiply when converting measurements to smaller units because it takes many smaller units to make up a larger unit. So in order to translate larger unit(s) into smaller units, you have to break up the larger unit(s) into many smaller pieces.
The decimal point moves to the left.
Yes. For example, 100 grams = 0.1 kilograms
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.