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Amalia says "To find 500 x20, I multiply 5x2 and then place the total number of zeros in both factors at the end." Do you agree? Explain

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Yes because 500x20 is 10,000 , 5x2 is 10 . 10,000 is 10 with 3 extra zeros . 500x20 had a total number of 3 zeros in it
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