Question

Find the product of 987.2365 and 1,000.

Answer 1

987.2365 x 1,000 = 987,236.5

Answer 2

The product of 987.2365 and 1,000 is, 987,236.5

Explanation:

Product is the result to a multiplication.

Multiplying or dividing by powers of 10, it just involves moving the decimal point the required number of places to the left or to the right.

`* 1000 \text{means} * 10 * 10 * 10`

Which implies that moves the point thrice to the right because the number much get larger.

`987.2365 * 1000 = 987,236.5`