Question

A crate of bananas has a mass of 674.8 dekagrams. What is the mass of the crate of bananas in centigrams? Use the metric table to help answer the question.

Metric Table
kilo-
hecto-
deka-
unit
deci-
centi-
milli-
1,000
100
10
1
0.1
0.01
0.001
0.6748 centigrams
6.748 centigrams
67,480 centigrams
674,800 centigrams

Answer 1

To convert the mass of the crate of bananas from dekagrams to centigrams, you need to understand the relationship between the units.

1 dekagram = 100 centigrams

So, to convert dekagrams to centigrams, you multiply the number of dekagrams by 100.

Given that the mass of the crate of bananas is 674.8 dekagrams:

\[
674.8 \, \text{dekagrams} \times 100 \, \text{centigrams/dekagram} = 67,480 \, \text{centigrams}
\]

Therefore, the mass of the crate of bananas is **67,480 centigrams**.