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How does the number of decimal places in the product relate to the number of decimal places in the factors?
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∙ 10y ago
The number of decimal places for the product will be the summation of the amount of decimal places of the 2 factors. For example, if your products have 2 decimals each to the right of zero then the product will have an answer with 4 decimals to the right of zero.
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When multiplying a decimal by a whole number is the number of decimal places in the product the same as the number of decimal places in the decimal factor?
Not necessarily: for example, consider 0.5 * 4 = 2
When multiplying two factors that each have 1 place place the decimal point in the product how many places to the left?
It will be two places.
Two factors are mulitiplied and their product is 34.44 one factor is whole number how many decimal places are in the other factor?
34.44 = 2 x 17.22 or 4 x 8.61, so the answer would appear to be two places.
How many decimal places are in 0.5?
* One decimal place. * To the tenth place.
What is 17.635 rounded to 3 decimal places?
17.635 already is rounded to 3 decimal places.
How do you find the number of decimal places in a product of decimal numbers?
To find the number of decimal places in a product of decimal numbers, add up the total number of decimal places in each of the factors. For example, if you have 2.5 multiplied by 4.75, there are two decimal places in 2.5 and two decimal places in 4.75, so the product will have a total of four decimal places.
How does the number of decimal places in the product compare to the number of decimal places in the factors?
When you multiply decimals, you just ignore the decimal until the end, then, to find the amount of decimal places in your answer, you add the amount of decimal places in both your factors
Jhon is multiplying two factors each with one decimal place he says that the product should also haveonly one decimal place explain?
The number of decimal places in the product must equal the total number of decimal places in the factors. John's product should have 2 decimal places.
Is it True or false when you multiply a decimal by a whole number the whole number of decimal places in te product is the same as the number of decimal places in the decimal factors?
It is false.0.2 * 25 = 5, which has no decimal places.
When multiplying two factors one is a whole number and the one with two decimal places Would the answer have two decimal places?
The product will have at most 2 decimal places.
How many decimal places are in a product of a number with decimal places to the thousandths multiplied by a number with decimal places to the hundredths?
There will be five decimal places.
How many decimal places are in the product of a number with decimal places to the thousandths multiplied by a number with decimal places to the hundredths?
2
How many decimal places are in the product of a number with decimal places to the hundredths multiplied by a number with decimal places to the tenth?
three
How many decimal places on a product of a number with decimal places to the thousand multiplied by number with decimal places to the hundreds?
Since both multiplicands are integers, then so is their product.
How many decimal places are in the product of a number with decimal places to the hundredths multiplies by a number with decimal places to the tenths?
At most 3.
When you multiply a decimal by a whole number the number places in the product is the same as the number of decimal places in the decimal factor true or false?
True
How many decimal places are in the product of a number with decimal places to the thousandths?
Six - to the millionths.
