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Julie multiplies 6.27 by 7 and claims the product is 438.9. Explain without multiplying how you know Julie’s answer is not correct. Find the correct answer.

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it is wrong because 6 x 7 = 42
julies answer is way too far off for it to be correct.
the correct answer is 43.89

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User Cammace
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you can know that it is wrong because by multiplying 6, which is the rounded version of 6.27, by 7 that you will get 42, which is the approximate answer. 438.9 is not even close to thatanswer
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