Envision Math 2.0: Grade 6, Volume 2
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Exercise 13 Page 385

Multiply just as if they were both whole numbers. Place the decimal point in the product by counting the number of decimal places in each factor.

2.16

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To find the product, we multiply just as we do with two whole numbers. At first, we ignore any decimal points.
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Then we place the decimal point in the product by counting the number of decimal places in each factor.
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The product of 0.8 and 2.7 is 2.16.