Given the following exercise, find the correct place of the decimal point:
0.05×0.8=004
To solve for the correct placement of the decimal point in the product of 0.05×0.8, follow these steps:
- Step 1: Convert the multiplication to a format without decimal points by treating the numbers as whole numbers. Multiply 5 by 8 to get 40.
- Step 2: Count the total number of decimal places in the two factors. 0.05 has 2 decimal places, and 0.8 has 1 decimal place, summing it up to a total of 3 decimal places.
- Step 3: Position the decimal point in 40 to achieve 3 decimal places, making it 0.040.
Thus, the product of 0.05 and 0.8 with the decimal point correctly placed is 0.040.