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 | | For example, a kilometer is 10 times a hectometer, and a hectometer is 10 times a decameter, which is 10 times a meter... |
 | | For example, if we want to convert a kilometer to a hectometer, we multiply the number by 10 however if we want to convert a kilometer to a millimeters, multiply the number by 1, 000,000. |
 | | Say for example we are going down the list of measurement units, and we are converting from a millimeter to a meter, we divide the number by 1,000. |
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