Question

A crate of bananas has a mass of 674.8 dekagrams. What is the mass of the crate of bananas in centigrams? Use the metric table to help answer the question.

Metric Table
kilo-
hecto-
deka-
unit
deci-
centi-
milli-
1,000
100
10
1
0.1
0.01
0.001
0.6748 centigrams
6.748 centigrams
67,480 centigrams
674,800 centigrams

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer:

674,800\ centigrams674,800 centigrams

Step-by-step explanation:

we know that

1\ dekagram=1,000\ centigrams1 dekagram=1,000 centigrams

so

by proportion

\begin{gathered}\frac{1,000}{1}\frac{centigrams}{dekagram}=\frac{x}{674.8}\frac{centigrams}{dekagram}\\ \\x=674.8*1,000\\ \\x=674,800\ centigrams\end{gathered}

1

1,000

dekagram

centigrams

=

674.8

x

dekagram

centigrams

x=674.8∗1,000

x=674,800 centigrams