grade 5 · DEC-010

Shift by powers of ten

Explain how a digit value changes by a factor of ten from one place to the next.

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What is 0.04 x 100?

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Work through one checkpoint at a time. Your answer area opens after the reasoning.

Checkpoint 1

Each multiplication by 10 makes every digit worth ten times as much.
Checkpoint 2

Track the digit through the place-value chart.
Checkpoint 3

Write placeholder zeros where needed.

0.400.041.044.00