Question

Gabrielle is a cross-country runner. Her next race will have a distance of 5 kilometers. How many decimeters will Gabrielle run?

Answer 1

To find out how many decimeters are in a 5-kilometer race, convert 5 kilometers to 5000 meters and then to 50000 decimeters by multiplying by 10.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question is how many decimeters Gabrielle will run in a 5-kilometer race. To solve this, we need to understand the metric unit conversions involved. There are 1000 meters in a kilometer and 10 decimeters in a meter. To convert kilometers to decimeters, we will multiply 5 kilometers by 1000 to get meters, and then multiply again by 10 to get decimeters.

1. Convert kilometers to meters: 5 km × 1000 = 5000 meters
2. Convert meters to decimeters: 5000 m × 10 = 50000 decimeters

Therefore, Gabrielle will run 50000 decimeters in a 5-kilometer race.