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Multiplying Decimals by Multiples of 10
Multiplying Decimals by Powers of 10
100

5 kilometers = ? meters

5,000 meters

100

2 meters = ? kilometers

0.002 kilometers

100

Andrea had 2.4 kilograms of handmade dumplings from our Lunar New Year lesson! She used 10 grams of dumplings to have for lunch. How many grams of dumplings did she have left?

2,390 grams

100

1.2 x 200

240

100

2.3 x 102

230

200

30 meters = ? centimeters

3,000 centimeters

200
2.4 decigrams = ? grams

0.24 grams

200

Karen was baking with 42.4 decagrams of flour. She used 13.34 decagrams of the flour to bake a cake. How much flour did she have left?

29.06 decagrams

200

2.2 x 30

 66

200

1.5 x 103

1,500

300

4 deciliters = ? milliliters

400 milliliters

300
500 millimeters = ? meters

0.5 meters

300

Siobhan walked 4,540 meters to Friends School! How many kilometers did she walk?

4.54 kilometers

300

3.61 x 200

722

300

4.307 x 102

430.7

400

4.85 hectagrams = ? decigrams

4,850 decigrams
400

3,280 decigrams = ? hectograms

3.28 hectograms

400
Litzy saw chocolate bars for $2.39 each! She bought 104 for the whole school! How much did she spend?

$23,900

400
1.23 x 8000

9,840

400

4.009 x 104

40,090

500

2.39 kiloliters = ? milliliters

2,390,000 milliliters

500

779 milliliters = ? kiloliters

0.000779 kiloliters

500

1 electromagnet wire was 12.304 centimeters long. How long would 2 wires be in meters?

0.24608 meters

500

0.0039 x 400

1.56
500

0.0057 x 105

570