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Multiply as though they were both whole numbers. Place the decimal point in the product by counting the number of decimal places in each factor.
74.16441
Before we find the exact product, we can estimate the multiplication by rounding the decimal numbers. We will round 5.49 to 5 and 13.509 to 14 because these are the closest whole numbers.
5 * 14 = 70
Then we place the decimal point in the product by counting the number of decimal places in each factor.
The product of 5.9 and 13.509 is 74.16441. This is pretty close to our estimate of 70!