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How do I place the decimal point in the product of two decimals?
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∙ 8y ago
If the two decimal numbers have x and y digits after the decimal points, then the product has (x + y) digits after the decimal point.
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What are two methods for determining the placement of the decimal point in the product?
When you multiply decimals, the decimal point is placed in the product.
Which is the hundredths place in decimals?
Expressed as a decimal fraction, 0.01 is equal to one hundredth. The hundredths place is the second digit after the decimal point - the first is the tenths place.
Is a decimal point a math symbol?
Possibly, as decimals can't be decimals without decimal points.
When multiplying two factors that each have 1 decimal place place the decimal point in the product places to the left?
two.
What are facts about decimals?
One decimal place to the right of the decimal point is the "tenths" place, but one decimal place to the left of the decimal point is the "ones" place. The "tens" place is two places to the left.
What are two methods for determining the placement of the decimal point in the product?
When you multiply decimals, the decimal point is placed in the product.
When multiplying decimals how do you determine where to place the decimal in the answer?
If the two multiplicands have X and Y digits after the decimal place then their product (before removing any trailing 0s) has (X+Y) digits after the decimal point.
Where is the thousandth place in decimals?
It is the third digit after the decimal point.
Where is the tenths place in decimals?
It is the digit to the right of the decimal point. eg. 11.26. the 2 is in the tenths place
How do you know where to put the decimal when multiplying decimals?
If two decimal numbers have x and y digits after the decimal point respectively, then their product has (x + y) digits after the decimal point.
Must the product of 2 decimals be a decimal?
No. A decimal is a representation of a number such that the place value of any digit is ten times the place value of the digit to its right. It does not require a decimal point. So the decimal numbers, 3 and 4, can be multiplied together to give 1100 in binary.
What is the difference between multiplying decimals and multiplying whole numbers?
You do the multiplication in exactly the same way. The only extra thing is that when multiplying decimals, you need to place the decimal point (or decimal comma - depending on your country) in the correct position. If one number has, for example, 3 digits after the decimal point, and the other 4, you need to place the decimal point in the result (BEFORE eliminating unnecessary zeros) in such a way that there are, in this example, 7 digits (3 + 4) to the right of the decimal point.
Is a decimal point a math symbol?
Possibly, as decimals can't be decimals without decimal points.
Which is the hundredths place in decimals?
Expressed as a decimal fraction, 0.01 is equal to one hundredth. The hundredths place is the second digit after the decimal point - the first is the tenths place.
Where to place a decimal when adding mixed decimals?
The decimal point, which I think you meant, is lined up vertically in a row of numbers to be summed.
What is another name for decimals?
'point' or 'and' because decimal ''point''
What is the tenths place?
The tenths place in decimals is the first digit to the right of the decimal point. For example, 15.2 is fifteen and two tenths.
