Question

44.6dkm = ___dm

Answer 1

So at first I did...

44.6dkm = X dm
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10dkm

Answer 2

But I believe I have to go through meters first

Answer 3

Well, if you have deci-kilometers, if you divide through by the "kilo" part, you'll have decimeters only.

Answer 4

I googled dkm and it said that dkm is decameters

Answer 5

That's not correct. "Deca" is "da"

Answer 6

My chart doesn't have deci kilometers

Answer 7

mm
cm
dm
m
dam
hm
km

Answer 8

That's probably because that doesn't really exist in any meaningful sense :P

Answer 9

So, when you wrote "dkm", I mean....I don't know what that is.

Answer 10

If you mean "decameters", its "dam"

Answer 11

Yeah but my teacher wrote up this worksheet and he wrote dkm at least 3 times

Answer 12

The only thing that might make sense is "deci-kilometers", which can make sense.

Answer 13

Deci is 10^-1, kilo is 10^3

Answer 14

Maybe @CliffSedge has seen this

Answer 15

Dk is sometimes an abbreviation for Deka.

Answer 16

Your professor must be very old :)

Answer 17

This was true before SI.

Answer 18

My teacher is old

Answer 19

I prefer to use capital letters for the multipliers greater than one and lower case letters for multipliers less than one. e.g. D for deka, d for deci, M for mega, m for milli, etc.

Answer 20

Well, there you go. Its Deka. "da" (10^1)

Answer 21

okay

Answer 22

And to be more correct "deca", ie: decade....10....10^1

Answer 23

So is my conversion correct?

Answer 24

44.6dkm = X dm
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10dkm

Answer 25

(or deci- as in "decimal"

Answer 26

\[44.6 \times10 = \frac{X}{10}\]

Answer 27

Sorry, multiply by ten twice.

Answer 28

Had to double-check what direction you were going in.

Answer 29

4460

Answer 30

That's it.

Answer 31

I still don't understand why I had to multiply twice.

Answer 32

To go from "deci" to "meter" (10^0) you multiply by 10. To go from "meter" to "deca", you multiply again by 10.

Answer 33

Look at the proportion.

Answer 34

ok