Place the Decimal Point

Where does the decimal point go in the answer to: 0.05 x 3.7?

• 185.0

• 18.5

• 1.85

• 0.185

Where does the decimal point go in the answer to:

9.5 x 3?

• 0.285

• 2.85

• 28.5

• 285.0

Where does the decimal point go in the answer to:

6 x 7.8?

• 468.0

• 46.8

• 4.68

• 0.468

Where does the decimal point go in the answer to:

4. 4.2 x 8.1?

• 340.2

• 34.02

• 3.402

• 0.3402

Where does the decimal point go in the answer to: 0.80 x 3.8?

• 3.040

• 30.40

• 304.0

• 0.304

Where does the decimal point go in the answer to:

9.9 x 6.6?

• 6,534

• 6.534

• 65.34

• 0.6534

• Place it between the 4 and the 3.

• Place it between the 3 and the 6

• Place it between the 6 and the 5.

• Place it after the 5.

To solve the problem, Ms. Parker must move the decimal point in the ​ (a)   to the ​ (b)   to get a whole number. This is the same as multiplying by ​ (c)   , so she should also move the decimal point in the ​ (d)   . The correct quotient is ​ (e)   .

• divisor

• number

• right

• 100

• 10

• 1000

• dividend

• 13

• 1.3

• 0.0013

• too few places to the left

• too many places to the right

• 2

• 1

• one more place to the  left

• one more place to the right

• three more places to the left

• too many places to the left

• too few places to the right

• 3

It is one of the types of numbers which has a whole number and the fractional part separated by a decimal point.

• Whole number

• Fraction

• Decimal

• Ratio