Question

Sarah multiplied 4.16 and 1.83, as shown. But she forgot to put a decimal point in the answer. Complete the sentence below.

Answer 1

Answer: The correct answer should be 7.6128

If you do the problem correctly, you will get an answer of 7.6128. This is because there are 4 decimals places in the numbers that are being multiplied. This means that there will be 4 decimal places in the answer. If you have her work, we can find the mistake. It is probably that she counted the wrong number of places.

Answer 2

The decimal point should be placed between the digits 7 and 6 because the product should be greater than 4 × 1 and less than 5 × 2.

Explanation: