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5.07 Multiply by 10

Lesson

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Remembering how to count by $$10's can help us when we need to multiply by $$10.

Complete the pattern by adding $$10 each time.

  1. $$20, $$, $$40, $$, $$

 

Learn

Let's look at how to multiply numbers by 10.

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Vocabulary:

Another word that we can use to describe the ones place is 'units'.

Apply

$$10×4

Remember!

A quick way to multiply any whole number by $$10 is to add a $$0 at the end.

That moves all our numbers up one place in the place value table, with the $$0 as a place holder in the ones column.

However, this rule is ONLY true for whole numbers, so you have to be careful once fractions or decimals are involved.

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