Madison says that 579.8×0.001 is the same as 579.8÷103 . Is she correct? Explain your answer.make it sound like a 10 yearold made it
Well, let's see! Madison says that if you have 579.8 and you multiply it by 0.001, you get the same answer as if you divide 579.8 by 103.
To find out if this is correct, we can do some math! So first, let's do the multiplication part.
When you multiply 579.8 by 0.001, you move the decimal point three places to the left first. That means the answer is 0.5798.
Now let's try the division part. When you divide 579.8 by 103, you get approximately 5.6272.
Hmm, it looks like the numbers are not the same. 0.5798 is not the same as 5.6272. So, Madison is not correct this time.
If we want to check our work, we can always use a calculator to make sure. And the calculator also tells us that the answer is different.
So, I would say that Madison's statement is not true for these numbers because multiplying by 0.001 is not the same as dividing by 103. Math can be tricky sometimes, but that's how we learn!