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What is the acceleration due to gravity 'g' on the moon if 'g' is 10m/s² on the earth?

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'g' is directly proportional to the mass, and inversely proportional to the square of the radius

gm = ge (lunar mass / earth mass)(Re / Rm)^2

or about 10/6 :)

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