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The answer is less than one.
Eg. 1/2 X 1/4 = 1/ 8 < 1
e.g -1 X 4 = -4 < 1
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When two numbers multiply the result is increases but when you mutiply .5 and.5 the answer get decreases that is .25 how?
The number .5 means half. So, if you take half of something, that is less than the entire thing, right? And half of half is a quarter. Multiplication only makes numbers larger when you multiply numbers that are greater than one. If you multiply by one the number doesn't change. If you multiply by less than one, you make the number smaller.
What happens when you multiply a number like 10 with a number bigger than 1?
Multiply by a number greater than 1 will increase the value. Multiplying by less than one will decrease the number.
What happens when you multiply a positive number less than 1?
The number is still positive, but the range is positive infinity.
What happens to the whole number when you multiply it by a fraction less than one?
Nothing happens to the whole number. But the product is less than the whole number. The product might be another whole number, and it might have a fractional part.
Is it true that when you multiply two natural numbers the product is never less than either of the two numbers?
Yes. Natural numbers are counting numbers, equal to or greater than 0. The only ways a product can be less than its multiplicands is when multiplying fractions by fractions or multiplying a positive number by a negative number.
