Question 1 of 29beginner🔧 ApplyNumerical2 marks

Recall that a tenth is 0.1, a hundredth is 0.01, and so on. Find the following products in tenths, hundredths and so on: (a) 6×46 \times 4 tenths = 24 tenths (b) 7×0.37 \times 0.3 (c) 9×59 \times 5 hundredths

(b)
Answer

2.1 or 21 tenths

(c)
Answer

45 hundredths or 0.45

Explanation

(b) 7×0.37 \times 0.3 = 7×37 \times 3/10 = 21/10 = 2.1, which represents 21 tenths. (c) 9×59 \times 5 hundredths = 9×0.059 \times 0.05 = 0.45, which is 45 hundredths.

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