More about Decimals - 1

1 Complicated Decimal Expressions can be simplified using Manipulation and conceptual knowledge of Algebraic Identities.

0.999996
Example:
1.002

0.999996 1.002

999996 106−4 1.002 1000 + 2

= = = =
106 106 1000 1000
106 4 2
= 6- 6 =1+
10 10 1000
= 1 – 4 × 10-6 = 1 + 2 × 10-3

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2 For all numbers <1, expressed in decimal form, the number of zeroes can be calculated as shown.

abcd… × 10-n = 0. _ _ _ _ abcd_ _ _ _

# of # of
zeroes digits
+
=n

45675 × 10-20 = 0. 15 zeros 45675

# of zeroes
20 – 5 = 15 =5
+

= 20

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X
3 If an expression is not in the form of X/10n, we can manipulate the expression using the conceptual knowledge and bring it to the form
10n

1 1
=
800,000 8 × 105

1 53
= 3 =
2 × 105 53 × 23 × 105
53 125
= 3 =
10 × 105 108

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