When asked to find a number one-tenth as large as another, what operation would you use? What about when asked to find a number 10 times as large? Make sure to use examples in your explanation.

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Nigel Hughes

Mathematics

6 May, 20:07

When asked to find a number one-tenth as large as another, what operation would you use? What about when asked to find a number 10 times as large? Make sure to use examples in your explanation.

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Travis Flowers · Answer 1

See below.

Step-by-step explanation:

For a number 1/10 as large you would multiply by 1/10:

e. g. 100 * 1/10 = 10.

For a number 10 times larger we multiply by 10:

e. g. 100 * 10 = 1000.