This section gives you the opportunity to practise some of the arithmetic skills you learnt in earlier units.
8.15 you can write this as
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490 shift the decimal point one place to the right and add in a zero | |
4730 because 47.3 × 100 = 47.3 × 10 × 10 so we shift the decimal point two places to the right | |
5.2 shift the decimal point one place to the left | |
0.0741 because 7.41 ÷ 100 = 7.41 ÷ 10 ÷ 10 so we shift the decimal point two places to the left | |
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You will be able to do some of these questions in your head, but you may need to write down working for others.
Do not use a calculator for any of these questions.
Question 1
Find the answer to each of the calculations below.
Question 2
Find the answer to each of the calculations below.
Question 3
Find the answer to each of the calculations below.