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Explain the relationship between multiplying and dividing by 10, 100, and 1000 and moving the decimal point to the right and to the left.

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Examples:
1) Multiplying (for 10 , 100, 1000  always moving to the right)
    12.45*10=
124.5*10         Moving to the right (1 "step")
    37.321*100=3732.1         
Moving to the right (2 "steps")
    1.56789*1000=15678.9  
 Moving to the right (3 "steps")
2) D
ividing (for 10 , 100, 1000  always moving to the left)
    56.89/10= 5.689                      
Moving to the left (1 "step")
    234.98/100=2.3498                 
Moving to the left (2 "steps")
    78956.67/1000=78.95667       
Moving to the left (3 "steps")

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

a similar shortcut for multiplying decimal numbers by numbers such as 10,100, and 1000: Move the decimal point to the right

Move the decimal point

10 has one zero

Move the decimal point two steps to the right

100 has two zeros

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