Question

Explain why multiplying 37.4 x 0.1 gives a product that is less than 37.4

Answer 1

Multiplying 37.4 ×0.1 simply says multiple means go bigger or larger answer.

Answer 2

The given product is

`37.4 * 0.1`

Where we do a multiplication, the number tend to increase, however this depends on the increasing factor, if it's lower than 1, the number will decrease actually, and if it's higher than 1, the value will increase.

So, in this case 0.1 is lower than 1, that means the result is gonna be less than 37.4, it's exactly 3.74, because the decimal points move on spot to the left, because the zero of 0.1, it's at the left of the 1 digit.