When you multiply a number by a decimal you are dividing.
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When multiplying decimals less than 1, the answer gets smaller because each decimal is less than 1. Multiplying a number by a value less than 1 will always result in a smaller product. Think of it as taking a fraction or a portion of the number, which will inevitably make the product smaller.
because you multiplying by 9
There are an infinite amount of values that are smaller than 18, including positive and negative numbers and decimals values. For example -43.6 is less than 18.
0.2, 0.1, 0.0, -0.1 -0.2 are all in tenths and are all smaller.
Thousandths is smaller than tenths.
If a decimal is less than one, it cannot be greater than one.