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Multiplying Decimal Numbers
If you can multiply numbers you can multiply decimals. It is only a matter of, once you have multiplied two numbers, of counting
the number of decimal places.
Example:
0.3*0.2
3*2=6
0.1 has one number after the decimal point and 0.2 has one number after the decimal point so there are two numbers after the
decimal point in the answer.
The answer is 0.06
Example
0.29*27
* 20 9
20 400 180
7 140 63
400+180+140+63=783. In the question there are two numbers after the decimal point for 0.29 and two numbers after the
decimal point for 0.27 so there will be four numbers after the decimal point in the answer. The answer is 0.0783.
420*0.232
* 400 20
200 80000 4000
30 12000 600
2 800 40
80000+4000+0+12000+600+0+800+40+0=97440
In the question there are no numbers after the decimal point for the 420 and there are three numbers after the decimal point for
the 0.232 so there are three numbers after the decimal point in the answer. The answer is 97.440=97.44
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43000*0.059
* 40000 3000
50 2000000 150000
9 360000 27000
2000000+150000+360000+27000=2537000
There are no numbers after the decimal point for 43000 and 3 numbers after the decimal point for 0.059 so there are three
numbers after the decimal point in the answer. The answer is 2537.000=2537
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