Question

A crate of bananas has a mass of 674.8 dekagrams. What is the mass of the crate of bananas in centigrams? Use the metric table to help answer the question.

Answer 1

Answer:

$674,800\ centigrams$

Step-by-step explanation:

we know that

$1\ dekagram=1,000\ centigrams$

so

by proportion

$\frac{1,000}{1}\frac{centigrams}{dekagram}=\frac{x}{674.8}\frac{centigrams}{dekagram}\\ \\x=674.8*1,000\\ \\x=674,800\ centigrams$

Answer 2

A crate of bananas weighing 674.8 dekagrams would also be 674,800 centigrams. There are 0.001 dekagram in a centigram.  So, all you have to do is multiply the number of dekagrams by a thousand.