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Activity 6
What is 370.76 grams in kilograms? There are 1000 grams in a kilogram.
Answer
370.76 ÷ 1000 = 0.37076.
So 370.76 g = 0.37076 kg.
Activity 7
Place the following numbers of kilometres in order, with the smallest distance first:
1.013 1.103 1.0103 1.0129
Answer
Writing the numbers out in columns with the decimal points lined up (as in a place value table), gives:
1.013
1.103
1.0103
1.0129
Working from the left shows that 1.0103 is the smallest, follwed by 1.0129. So in ascending order they are:
1.0103, 1.0129, 1.013, 1.103.
Activity 8
Place the following measurements in ascending order:
0.1704 metres 0.1074 metres 0.0714 metres 0.0741 metres
Answer
Writing the numbers out in columns with the decimal points lined up (as in a place value table), gives:
0.1704
0.1074
0.0714
0.0741
Working from the left, shows that 0.0714 is the smallest, followed by 0.0741. So in ascending order (in metres) they are:
0.0714, 0.0741, 0.1074, 0.1704.