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It depends.
If you start with a positive number, then
multiply by a positive greater than one and the answer is greater;
multiply by 1 and the answer is the same;
multiply by a number between 0 and 1 and the answer is smaller;
multiply by 0 and the answer is 0;
multiply by a number less than 0 and the answer is negative.
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What happens when you multiply by a fraction greater than one?
Your number increases.
If you multiply me by 2 i become a number greater than 20 and less than 40 if you multiply me by six i end in 8 if you multiply me by 4 i end in 2 what number am i?
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Can you multiply a bigger number to get a smaller number?
If you multiply a number by a number greater than 1, you get a result that's greater than the first number. Example: 8 x 2 = 16; 16 is greater than 8.If you multiply a number by a number less than 1, you get a result that's less than the first number. Example 1: 8 x 0.5 = 4, which is less than 8. Example 2: 8 x (-1) = -8, which is also less than 8.
What is the least product possible when you multiply a 1-digit number greater than 0 by a 2 digit number?
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What is the answer for Multiply or divide two quantities by the same number?
It is either two quantities that are larger or smaller than the ones that you started with, depending on whether the number that you multiplied or divided by was greater than or less than 1.Multiply by a number greater than 1 : both larger.Multiply by a number less than 1 : both smaller.Divide by a number greater than 1 : both smaller.Divide by a number less than 1 : both larger.
