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How Do You Mentally Find Percents That are Powers of 10? Instructional VideoHow Do You Mentally Find Percents That are Powers of 10? Instructional Video
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How Do You Mentally Find Percents That are Powers of 10?

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Powers of 10 are about moving the decimal around. The instructor illustrates how to move the decimal when it's ten percent or it's one percent. Once you understand this procedure you can do the mental math, in your head of course!

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estimation, powers of 10, exponents, mental math, percents

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Grade
6th - 8th
Subjects
Math
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Instructional Videos
Media Length
2:59
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