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Question 203419: If parallelogram base is 2 1/2 in and height is 1 1/2 in, what is the area?
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Question 203522: will you please help me:the directions say to write each fraction as a decimal, the problem is i really dont know how... this is one if the problems, 5 over 9 i was wondering if you could give me some steps that can make this easier for me an any way... please...and thank you for your help....
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Question 204026: I have to put this decimal into words, 72.9301. So far I got Seventy-two and ninety-three one? Please help me...
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Question 204026: I have to put this decimal into words, 72.9301. So far I got Seventy-two and ninety-three one? Please help me...
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Question 204026: I have to put this decimal into words, 72.9301. So far I got Seventy-two and ninety-three one? Please help me...
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Question 205321: how do i turn a decimal like 0.375 or 0.51 into a fraction?
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Question 205534: How do you round 5/16 to the nearest 1/8?
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Question 205576: I am trying to figure out wingspan of a bird. The bird weighs 3.1 pounds. Using L=2.43*3.1^0.3326, I don't know what to do with the 0.3326. Do I just make that 3.1 raised to the zero power? Thank you. Please take me step by step.
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Question 205640: How do I arrange from smallest to largest, these following numbers?
2.05,25/10,2.0513,2.059,251/100,2.0515,2.052,2.051
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Question 205900: trying to find wing span of bird that is 8.75 lbs. with the equation of L=2.43*W^0.3326 in step by step method please explain
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Question 206384: Directions read: Rewrite the number in decimal notation.
8.5 x 10^-12
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Question 207376: How many square feet is .25 yards?
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Question 207391: How do you write 3/10 as a decimal then round to five decimal places?
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Question 207793: how do you make 3/5 into a decimal rounded to the nearest thousandth and into a percent rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent
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Question 208403: round to nearest 1000th -0.3898
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Question 208403: round to nearest 1000th -0.3898
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Question 208513: Write six and seven thousand,four hundred thirty-three ten-thousandths in standard form.
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Question 208815: 26.9+.0134+54,567
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Question 210175: How do I do a bar notation on 7/12 and how is the answer.583333333333333
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Question 210943: what is the correct decimal eleven thousandths

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Question 210941: what is the correct decimal forr twenty two and fourteen hundredths
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Question 210940: what is the value of the seven in 374,000,000
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Question 210942: what is the correct decimal for fifty and eighty five ten-thousandths
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Question 211000: To make a scale model showing the distance of the four bodies from the Earth, a student marks the sun 1cm from the Earth.
Earth Sun
*____*____________________________
0 10^8 Distance from the earth (miles)
Sun has 10^8 approximate distance from Earth (miles), Saturn has 10^9, Andromeda galaxy (nearest major galaxy) has 10^19 and Quasar OQ172(one of the remotest objects known) has 10^22.
How far along the line should the other three celestial bodies be placed?
The answer of Saturn should come 10, for Andromeda Galaxy 1 million and for Quasar OQ172 should be 1000 million.
This question is from the chapter:Standard form with positive indices.
Please solve my question. I just could not do it at all. Therefore I request you to solve my question as soon as possible. Thank you very very much.

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Question 211387: in a weekend baseball tournament, Albert had 3 hits in 7 times at bat. that is, he hit safely 3/7 of the time. write the decimal equivalant for alberts hitting, rounding to three decimal places.
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Question 212345:
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Question 212832: Name 3 or more situations in real life where rounding is used?
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Question 212833: How are whole numbers converted to fractions?
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Question 212831: What shortcut can you use to multiply by 10,100,1000, etc. (by powers of 10)?
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Question 213491: which number is smaller, 13.2 or 13.19
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Question 213491: which number is smaller, 13.2 or 13.19
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Question 214907: a. .4
b. 5.679
convert into a common fraction or mixed number in lowest terms.
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Question 214940: Please help me solve this problem 0.00006184 in words
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Question 215146: which is larger 3/5 or 0.61
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Question 215146: which is larger 3/5 or 0.61
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Question 216272: round 516.1094 to the given place value.
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Question 217015: please help me is .5 equal to 5.0

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Question 217635: I have instructions on how to change fractions to decimals and do not understand the phrase in the instructions about power of ten. Here are the instuctions:
Change the following fractions to decimals. Find Prime factors of denominator first. If the Fraction is repeating, use long division. If the fraction terminates make the denominator a POWER OF TEN by multiplying by the APPROPRIATE FACTORS.
Next question would be what does the phrase "appropriate factors" mean? Is the teacher talking about the prime factors? or some other factor to make the denominator a "power of ten"?
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Question 218410: what is 61 over 20 as a decimal?
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Question 218398: I need your help on how to show my work for the following problems I need this by today!(my computer dose not have the icon for divided)
Here are the following problems:
4.8 divided by 0.4
3.84 divided by 3
19.2 divided by 0.24
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Question 219492: How do I arrange in order from smallest o largest the following numbers 2.05, 25/10, 2.0513, 2.059,251/100, 2.0515, 2.052, 2.051?
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Question 219812: For each number explain what you believe is the best way to round the number without distorting it?
0.3456727
0.2391862
2.5762019
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Question 222032: what is 1,934,672 divided by 10 to the 5th power
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Question 223713: Express this number in decimal form without exponents
8.529 * 10^-5
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Question 223715: Express this number in decimal form without exponents.
8.1 * 10^2 divided by 0.9 * 10^-4
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