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MATHEMATICS
Decimal Placement in a Product or Quotient
Multiplying and dividing decimal numbers is similar to multiplying and dividing nondecimal numbers. The main
difference is that after the multiplication or division occurs in computations involving decimals, the correct placement
of the decimal needs to be determined.
The process for multiplying decimals is as follows:
Step 1. Set up the problem as if the numbers are whole numbers, without paying specific attention to the
decimal points.
Step 2. Multiply the numbers without paying specific attention to the decimal points.
Step 3. Once the multiplication is complete, count the total number of decimal places in the factors.
Step 4. Starting from the far right end of the product, count back (to the left) the number of decimal places
you counted in step 3.
Step 5. Put the decimal point in this spot. Finished!
Examples 2.10 and 2.11 apply these steps.
Example 2.10:
Multiply 5.62 and 0.3.
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Step 1. 562
×3
Step 2. 562
×3
1686
Step 3. In this problem, we had 5.62 with 2 decimal places and 0.3 with just one decimal place.
This is a total of 3 decimal places.
Step 4. Count back 3 decimal places from the end of 1686.
Step 5. The decimal belongs between the 1 and the 6. The final answer is 1.686.
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Example:
Simplify the expression: 11.4 cm  7 cm  3.06 cm
Example:
Simplify the expression: 11.4 cm  7 cm  3.06 cm
Example 2.11: ____________________________________________________________
Simplify the expression: 11.4 cm × 7 cm × 3.06 cm.
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 306
Simplify the expression: 11.4 cm  7 cm
 3.06 cm
 306
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the is
decimal
point to the right in both the dividend and divisor. Alternatively,
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decimals
as
follows:
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the decimal
point to the right in both the dividend and divisor. Alternatively,
Example 2.12
applies
steps.
rewrite
thethese
problems
as:
rewrite the problems as:
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
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number by moving the decimal point in the dividend
the
same
of places that
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12 number
4.8
Example
2.12:
Simplify
the expression:
÷ 1.2.
the decimal
point
is moved
in the divisor.
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1. right
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thethe
problem
as and
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to the
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divisor. Alternatively, rewrite the problems as:
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as:
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the decimal
the
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place
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 12in
.8 quotient
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place the1.2
decimal
point
in4the
quotient directly above
the decimal point in the dividend.
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the decimal point in the dividend. Continuing the example:
.
.
12 4.8
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Step 3. Divide the equation as if it were a whole number. Continuing the example:
Step 3.
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12 4.8
12 4.8
– 4.8
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0
0
Step 2.
ractice
ractice problems
problems
olutions
problems
olutions to
to the
the practice
practice
problems are
are located
located in
in the
the back
back of
of this
this book.
book.
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Compute the product of 6.3 and 7.6.
Compute the product of 6.3 and 7.6.
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Practice problems
Solutions to the practice problems are located in the back of this book.
1. Compute the product of 6.3 and 7.6.
2. Divide 0.05 into 0.710.
3. Simplify the expression: 0.3 × 0.12.
4. Simplify the expression: 0.4 ÷ 0.02.
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