SOLUTION: DESCRIBE TWO METHODS FOR DETERMINING WHERE TO PLACE THE DECIMAL POINT IN THE PRODUCT OF TWO DECIMALS?

Question 488017: DESCRIBE TWO METHODS FOR DETERMINING WHERE TO PLACE THE DECIMAL POINT IN THE PRODUCT OF TWO DECIMALS?
Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Method #1 is when you are multiplying two decimal numbers, count how many digits are after the decimal point for each number. For example, (36.58)(2.4), there are two digits after the decimal point in 36.58 and one digit for 2.4. Add these to get three, so after you multiply, move the decimal point three positions to the left to compensate.

Method #2 is intuition (because 36.58 times 2.4 can't equal 877.92 can it?).

There's really only one method (and maybe variations) to find where to put the decimal point, though.
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