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If a micrometer were opened to a distance of 0.0001 inch, you would say the reading is __________.

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If a micrometer were opened to a distance of 0.0001 inch, you would say the reading is __________.

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• Place value of decimals in the inch system (tenths, hundredths, thousandths, ten-thousandths, etc.) • How to say 0.0001 as a fraction of an inch • Difference between thousandths (0.001) and ten-thousandths (0.0001) of an inch

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• Write 0.0001 as a fraction with 1 in the numerator and a power of 10 in the denominator. What power of 10 do you get? • Compare 0.0001 with 0.001. Which one is smaller, and by what factor? How does that change the name of the unit? • Count how many decimal places are to the right of the decimal point in 0.0001. What place value does that correspond to?

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• Be sure you know that 0.001 inch = one thousandth of an inch and use that as a reference point. • Verify how many zeros after the decimal before the 1 are in 0.0001 and match that to the correct place value name. • Eliminate any choices that imply too big or too small a fraction compared to 0.001 inch.

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If a micrometer were opened to a distance of 0.0001 inch, you would say the reading is __________.

one ten thousandth of an inch

ten one thousandths of an inch

one millionth of an inch

ten millionths of an inch

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Question 1 / 205eccef9bbacbc34ba4d4523b

Question 1 of 205eccef9bbacbc34ba4d4523b

If a micrometer were opened to a distance of 0.0001 inch, you would say the reading is __________.

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If a micrometer were opened to a distance of 0.0001 inch, you would say the reading is __________.

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