Understand the operation: Understand the operation. We need to multiply 6.44 by 10000. Multiplying by 10, 100, 1000, and so on (powers of 10) is equivalent to moving the decimal point to the right by as many places as there are zeros.
Multiply by 10000: Multiply 6.44 by 10000. To do this, we move the decimal point four places to the right because there are four zeros in 10000.
Perform the multiplication: Perform the multiplication. Moving the decimal point four places to the right in 6.44 gives us 64400.
Write final answer: Write down the final answer. After multiplying 6.44 by 10000, we get 64400.