When You convert from a smaller unit to a larger unit, You need to
multiply
. So, You should move the decimal to the What?
When converting from a smaller unit to a larger unit, you need to multiply by a conversion factor. In terms of moving the decimal, it depends on the specific conversion factor and units involved. Some conversion factors may require moving the decimal point to the left, while others may require moving it to the right. Can you provide more specific information about the units you are trying to convert?
When converting from a smaller unit to a larger unit, you need to multiply. To do this, you should move the decimal to the left. Each time you move the decimal one place to the left, you multiply the value by 10. For example, if you are converting from centimeters to meters, you would move the decimal two places to the left since there are 100 centimeters in a meter.
look at the numbers 5.000, 50.00, 500.0, 5000 and so on
when you multiply by 10 you are moving the decimal point to the right.
I don't agree with your statement. When you convert from a smaller unit to a larger unit, such as mm to cm to dm to m, you want to divide which means you move the decimal point to the left. Here is what I always taught my students to do. For example,
meters..................m
decimeters...........dm
centimeters...........cm
millimeters.............mm
Going UP the table move the decimal point to the left one place for each unit.
Going DOWN the table move the decimal point to right one place for each unit.
2 m = 20 dm = 200 cm = 2000 mm