Multiplying decimals:
Example: 2.5 x 1.3 = 3.25
Start by removing the decimal points, thus: 25 x 13 = (the answer is 325)
Both 2.5 and 1.3 have 1 decimal places, so 1 + 1 = 2 (decimal places)
Counting 2 places, right to left, places the decimal point here: 3.25
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No, taking ½ of a number is the same as dividing it by 2. Dividing a number by ½ is the same as multiplying it by 2.
You multiplie the number you were dividing by with the answer.
no, dividing a number is halving it, multiplying iy by 2 is doubling it
they aren't that different but the whole number needs to be converted for them to be the same
That is the definition of reciprocal.