Thursday, February 12, 2015

D.L.M.R. - Work Smart, Not Hard!

Work Smart, Not Hard!

Remember DLMR. Here's some suggestions for DLMR...

Does Love Mean Rules?
Do Like Mother Recommends
Doughnuts Leave Me Retching
Do Like My Rap!
Ducks Like Marshy Rivers
Dogs Like My Rug
Doug Lost My Respect
Digital Listening Mobile Radio
Don't Like My Ride
Down Long Mountain Roads
Detours Leave Me Ranting



When multiplying or dividing numbers containing decimals by 10, 100, 1000, etc., there's no need for long division or multiplication. You need only MOVE the decimal place.

How many times have you seen something like this ... ?

    2.72
X  100
   0 0 0
0 0 0 0
27200
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This is working hard, not smart.



D.L.M.R tells us that when we divide by 10, 100, 

1000, etc., we move the decimal

left 

and when we multiply, we move the decimal 

right

We move one place for every zero (0) in the 10, 100, 1000, 10,000, etc. 

In the example above, we are multiplying by 100. There are 2 zeroes. We need to move the decimal 2 places to the...............................................right. 

The answer is 272.

More examples, covering some trickier problems, will follow in the next postings.


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