They do not necessarily.
13*23 = 299 and 299 is certainly not smaller than 13 or 23.
A decimal is simply a form of representing a number in such a way that the place value of each digit is ten times the place value of the digit to its right. There is no requirement for the number to have a fractional part or a decimal point.
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because they are the opisit to whole numbers. For example 4x4=16, 0.4x0.4=0.16, 2x2=4, 0.2x0.2=0.04
When you multiply decimals, the product of the numbers gets smaller because decimals represent parts of a whole. When you multiply two decimals less than 1, you are essentially finding a fraction of a fraction, resulting in a smaller value. For example, when you multiply 0.1 by 0.1, you are finding 1/10 of 1/10, which is 1/100 or 0.01, a smaller value than either of the original decimals.
well look at the decimals if the first is bigger than its usally bigger the more numbers the smaller it is
When you Multiply two decimals it is called the product.
The difference is that if you multiply with a whole number and then multiply with a decimal and you compare.You will notice the whole number is greater.You are very welcome.