Question

how do I find the product when multiplying with decimals
$0.36 \times 2.4$

Answer 1

Step 1:

first let us convert the two decimals into fractions.

0.36=36/100 (since there are two digits after decimal point we divide by 100)

2.4=24/10 (since there are one digit after decimal point we divide by 10)

now we can multiply the fractions

$\frac{36}{100}$×$\frac{24}{10}$

multiplying numerator with numerator and denominator with denominator:

$\frac{36*24}{100*10}$

=$\frac{864}{1000}$

Now we can convert this back to decimal

864/1000=0.864, moving decimal three digits to the left since we have three zeros in the denominator that is 1000.

Answer=0.864