Moria multiplies 1.8 by 2.4 and writes the product as 0.432. Tom says that her product is incorrect. How could Tom know this wit

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mote1985 [20]

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Moria multiplies 1.8 by 2.4 and writes the product as 0.432. Tom says that her product is incorrect. How could Tom know this wit

hout multiplying the two numbers

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Makovka662 [10] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-11T04:24:15+03:00

Tom could know this because when multiplying two numbers that have decimals the decimal place in the answer will always have the same number of decimal places as the sum of the decimal places in the multiplied numbers.
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