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When converting from a smaller to a larger unit of measurement, you move the _______ to the right. A. second number B. ratio C. exponent D. decimal point

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The answer to your question is D
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Answer:

The correct answer is D. decimal point.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question is wrong. It should be :

When converting from a smaller to a larger unit of measurement, you move the _______ to the left.

In order to convert from a smaller to a larger unit of measurement what we need to move is the decimal point to the left. Let's see an example :

We have the two following units

''
g'' which is grams and ''
kg'' which is kilograms.

We know that the grams are a smaller unit of measurement that kilograms.

We also know the relationship :


1kg=1000g

For example if we want to convert
1500g to kilograms :


(1500g).((1kg)/(1000g))=1.5kg

What we have done is that we divided the number ''1500'' by ''1000''.

This is equal to move the decimal point three places to the left ⇒


1500g=1.5kg

The correct answer is D. decimal point

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