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When multiplying decimals how do you determine where yo place the decimal in the answer?

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1.Multiply the numbers just as if they were whole numbers.
*Line up the numbers on the right - do not align the decimal points.

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Starting on the right, multiply each digit in the top number by each digit in the bottom number, just as with whole numbers.

*Add the products.

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Place the decimal point in the answer by starting at the right and moving a number of places equal to the sum of the decimal places in both numbers multiplied.


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