Why does multiplying numbers by 10 move the decimal point to the right , but multiplying by 0.10 moves the decimal point to the

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ElenaW [278]

2 years ago

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Why does multiplying numbers by 10 move the decimal point to the right , but multiplying by 0.10 moves the decimal point to the

left?
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lesya692 [45] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-22T23:28:45+03:00

lesya692 [45]2 years ago

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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

because if you multiply by ten, the number gets bigger and makes more zeros at the end and pushes the decimal point farther

because when you multiply .10 it is the same as multiplying by a tenth

Dafna11 [192] · Answer 2 · 2022-07-22T22:26:09+03:00

Answer:

Because multiplying by 0.10 is the same as dividing by 10. It is a decimal smaller than 1 its the same thing as multiplying something by a fraction because when you multiply a number by a fraction the number gets smaller.

So multiplying by 10 and multiplying by 0.10 are inverses of each other.

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