Question

Explain how to find the product of 0.03 x 2.06. How do you know that the product is reasonable?

Answer 1

product means to multiply

.03 x 2.06
this is tricky when multiplying, you need to add a zero
to move the decimal point 4 places to the left
answer is .0618

Hope this helps

Answer 2

Question: What is 0.03 × 2.06?

Just multiply the two numbers like normal numbers. Make sure you line up the decimal points, and use a zero if you need placeholders.

Then, the number of decimal places in both numbers are added together in the result. (As you can see, 2 places in each number, 4 in the result)

₁
2.06
×0.03
0.0618