Decimal Multiplication Techniques

The video tutorial explains how to multiply decimal numbers by first ignoring the decimal points and multiplying as if they were whole numbers. It then guides on how to place the decimal point in the final answer by counting the total number of decimal places in the original numbers.

What is the initial problem presented in the video?

• Adding 25.3 and 0.46

• Multiplying 25.3 by 0.46

• Dividing 25.3 by 0.46

• Subtracting 25.3 from 0.46

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

What should you pretend when multiplying 25.3 by 0.46?

• That the numbers have no decimal points

• That you are dividing the numbers

• That the numbers are negative

• That you are adding the numbers

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CCSS.5.NBT.B.7

How many digits are after the decimal point in 25.3?

• None

• One

• Two

• Three

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CCSS.5.NBT.A.3A

How many digits are after the decimal point in 0.46?

• None

• One

• Two

• Three

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CCSS.5.NBT.A.3A

Where should the decimal point be placed in the final answer?

• So that it has no digits after the decimal point

• So that it has three digits after the decimal point

• So that it has two digits after the decimal point

• So that it has one digit after the decimal point

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CCSS.5.NBT.B.7