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Explain how 50 tens x 4 hundreds = 40 tens x 5 hundreds

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50 tens is equal to 500 because if you multiply a number by 10, you just add a 0 behind it.
4 hundreds is literally just 400.
So 500 x 400 = 200,000

40 * 10 = 400
5 * 100 = 500
400 x 500 = 200,000

so both sides are equal to 200,000 and therefore the equation is true.
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