Explain the pattern used to place the decimal in the answer when you multiply or divide a decimal by a power of 10

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Whiskey

24 May, 07:08

Explain the pattern used to place the decimal in the answer when you multiply or divide a decimal by a power of 10

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Finnegan Arellano · Answer 1

When multiplying by 10, you basically add a zero to the right; everything moves up one decimal place to the left.

when diving, it is he opposite, you basically take away a zero place; everything goes to the right one decimal place.

ex:

10x6=60

6/10 = 0.6

10x54=540

54/10=5.4