Question

When converting from a smaller to a larger unit of measurement, you move the _______ to the right. A. second number B. ratio C. exponent D. decimal point

Answer 1

The answer to your question is D

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answer is D. decimal point.

Explanation:

The question is wrong. It should be :

When converting from a smaller to a larger unit of measurement, you move the _______ to the left.

In order to convert from a smaller to a larger unit of measurement what we need to move is the decimal point to the left. Let's see an example :

We have the two following units

''$g$'' which is grams and ''$kg$'' which is kilograms.  

We know that the grams are a smaller unit of measurement that kilograms.

We also know the relationship :

$1kg=1000g$

For example if we want to convert $1500g$ to kilograms :

$(1500g).(\frac{1kg}{1000g})=1.5kg$

What we have done is that we divided the number ''1500'' by ''1000''.

This is equal to move the decimal point three places to the left ⇒

$1500g=1.5kg$

The correct answer is D. decimal point