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Question 607420: Hi. I need help with decimals
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Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It's good practice if you write out decimals the long way, too
Say you have:
+357.395388+
This is:
(1) +357+%2B+.3+%2B+.09+%2B+.005+%2B+.0003+%2B+.00008+%2B+.000008+
Now write it this way:
(2) +357+%2B+3%2F10+%2B+9%2F100+%2B+5%2F1000+%2B+3%2F10000+%2B+8%2F100000+%2B+8%2F1000000+
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Suppose I said "What is +357.395388+-+.0003+
Looking at (1), I now have
(1) +357+%2B+.3+%2B+.09+%2B+.005+%2B+0+%2B+.00008+%2B+.000008+
and, converting it back to a single decimal,
+357.395088+
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Each time you multiply by +10+, you shift the decimal point
1 place to the right
+10+%2A+357.395388+=+3573.95388+
+10%2A10%2A357.395388+=+35739.5388+
+10%2A10%2A10%2A357.395388+=+357395.388+
+10%2A10%2A10%2A10%2A357.395388+=+3573953.88+
and so on
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Each time you divide by +10+, you shift the decimal point
1 place to the left