What is the product of 7/10 and 74 hundredths as a decimal number?

1 Answer
Jan 24, 2018

#518/1000 = 0.518#

Explanation:

Write both the numbers as fractions first:
Product means multiplication.

#7/10xx74/100#

#= 518/1000#

A decimal is a way of writing a fraction which has a denominator that is a power of 10.

Thousandths means there are 3 decimal places,

#518/1000 = 0.518#