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A flea weighs 8 decigrams, and an ant weighs 3 milligrams. How much more does a flea weigh than an ant?

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Decigrams are 100 times bigger than milligrams, so convert 8 decigrams to 800 milligrams. Than subract: 800-3= 797

The flea weighs 797 milligrams more than the ant.
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