Place the decimal point in the answer to make it correct. explain your reasoning. 3.9853x8.032856 = 32013341.

1.       The Given problem is to find where to place the decimal point to the product shown below.
3.9853 x 8.032856, notice that the given equation are decimal numbers with both ones place value of the whole number.
Now, given the answer 32013341 without decimal point, let’s find where to put the decimal point.
=> 3.9853 x 8.032856
=> 32.013341
Thus, the decimal point is now located after the 2nd number.  We now have 2 whole numbers with value of tens.

 

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