NAME ______________________________ DATE _______________

ACTIVITY

A Strategy for Multiplying Decimals

In Problems 1–3, circle the correct answer and explain your thinking.

1 1.56 × 9 = 1.404 14.04 140.4
2 0.28 × 48 = 0.1344 1.344 13.44
3 2.4 × 1.5 = 0.36 3.6 36

Solve Problems 4–8 and show your work.

  • 4 84 × 0.25 = _______________

  • 5 6.4 × 6.5 = _______________

  • 6 93 × 0.08 = _______________

  • 7 1.3 × 1.05 = _______________

  • 8 A fourth grader asks you how to multiply when some of the numbers are decimals. What would you say? Write your strategy for multiplying decimals.


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Investigations 3 in Number, Data, and Space®, Student Activity Book Unit 1 Puzzles, Clusters, and Towers Unit 2 Prisms and Solids Unit 3 Rectangles, Clocks, and Tracks Unit 4 How Many People and Teams? Unit 5 Temperature, Height, and Growth Unit 6 Between 0 and 1 Unit 7 Races, Arrays, and Grids Unit 8 Properties of Polygons