Converting+by+Moving+Decimals

(Notes with questions and summaries on the correct Science Notebook page)

a. To convert by moving the decimal, you must first list the prefixes in order. (King Henry Died By Drinking Chocolate Milk.) b. The given unit is the starting prefix. c. The unit you are converting to is the ending prefix. d. Count each new prefix moving down the list to the ending prefix e. Move the decimal right one place for every prefix you counted moving right in the list or move the decimal left one place for every prefix you counted moving left in the list. (Move the decimal in the same direction and the same amount that was counted.)

How to use the prefix list:

1. Determine the starting and ending prefixes.

2. Count the prefixes or spaces to the ending prefix.

3. Move the decimal the counted number of prefixes in the same direction as the count. or Move the decimal in the same direction and for the same amount as the prefix count.