Question

Franco said 9.37×0.1=93.7 is he correct

Answer 1

No. This is incorrect.

Explanation:

9.37 × 1 = 9.37

Times by 1 the number stays the same.

If you multiply by 0.1 the decimal will move one place and the 9.37 should get smaller! The sentence in the problem shows 93.7 which is bigger.

9.37 × 10 = 93.7

9.37 × 0.1 = 0.937

Answer 2

No, Franco's calculation is incorrect.

Explanation:

No, Franco's calculation is incorrect. The correct answer is 9.37 x 0.1 = 0.937.

When multiplying a decimal number by a decimal number, the decimal point in the product should be placed so that the number of decimal places in the product is equal to the sum of the number of decimal places in the factors. In this case, the number 9.37 has two decimal places, and the number 0.1 has one decimal place. Therefore, the product of 9.37 x 0.1 should have a total of 2 + 1 = 3 decimal places.

To obtain the correct answer, we need to multiply 9.37 x 0.1 using standard long multiplication:

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9.37

x 0.1

0.937

Therefore, the correct answer is 0.937, not 93.7 as Franco stated.