Khan/khan-exercises — Issue #12880: Understanding moving the decimal - Understanding moving the decimal
Author: KhanBugz
Created: 2012-02-02 13:55:58+00:00
State: open
Labels: ie8, wrong-or-unclear, xp

Reporter: bernardo445@gmail.com

How many times do you need to multiply 5.9120 5.9120 by ten to get 5912.0 5912.0?

Acording with what the questions asks, I need to multiply by 1000.
The question didn't ask me how many decimal points I need to move!

[understanding_moving_the_decimal.html?seed=190&problem=0](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/understanding_moving_the_decimal.html?seed=190&problem=0&debug)

[Answer timeline](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/understanding_moving_the_decimal.html?seed=190&problem=0&debug&activity=%5B%5B%22incorrect-activity%22%2C%22%5C%221000%5C%22%22%2C19%5D%2C%5B%22incorrect-activity%22%2C%22%5C%22-1000%5C%22%22%2C39%5D%2C%5B%22hint-activity%22%2C%220%22%2C131%5D%2C%5B%22correct-activity%22%2C%22%5C%223%5C%22%22%2C151%5D%5D)

["1000","-1000","3"]

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