Patterns When Multiplying Decimals by Powers of 10
Estimate Products of Decimals
Represent Multiplication of Decimals
Use Area Models to Multiply Decimals
Patterns When Multiplying Decimals
100

34 x 10

340

100

Estimate 7.8 x 2.3

16

100

What multiplication sentence is displayed? What is the answer?

5 x 0.4 = 0.2

100

What is the area of a board that measures 1.8 m by 2.9 m?

5.22 m2

100

3.8 is ____ of 38?

1/10

200

3.6 x 102

360

200

Estimate 5 x 2.7

15

200

What multiplication sentence is represented below? What is the solution?

0.2 x 0.9 = 0.18

200

Miss A bought 28 rulers for $0.85 each. What was her total cost before tax?

$23.80

200

True or False?

58 x 17 = 986, so 5.8 x 1.7 = 98.6.

False
300

7.2 x 103

7,200

300

4.49 x 3.81

16

300

Eric pours 0.08 liter of milk into his cereal each morning. How much mil does Eric use in his cereal in one whole week?

0.56 L

300

9.65 x 4.72 = ?

45.548

300

Jordan knows 47 x 0.36 is 16.92. What is 4.7 x 3.6?

16.92

400
Ashley rides the train to visit her grandma. She lives 5.4 x 104 away. How many miles does she travel?

54,000

400

Lucy has $40 to spend on downloaded music. If each song costs $1.29, does she have enough money to download 16 songs?

Yes, 16 x 1 = 16 or 16 x 2 = 32
400

Lucas and Owen want to buy 0.9 lbs of corn. The grocery store charges $0.60 per pound. How much will the boys pay for 0.9 lbs of corn?

$0.54

400

Leah used an area model to multiply 7.4 x 1.2 as shown. How do you respond to her work?

Politely disagree. She did not set up her decimal values when finding the partial products.

400

What is the product? Use the patterns to solve.

58 x 71 = ______

58 x 7.1 = 411.8

0.58 x 7.1 = ______

4,118

4.118

500

A geologist measures the width of a geode at its widest point. How wide is the geode?

340 mm

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Is the product reasonable? Explain

5.86 x 9.3 = 64

No, 5.86 rounds up to 6 and 9.3 rounds down to 9. 

6 x 9 = 54, which is 10 less than 64

500

Kendall buys 2 yards of fabric for $2.90 per yard. Her friend, Ryah, wants to buy 0.4 yards of fabric from her. 

How much does Kendall pay for the fabric? 

How much will Ryah pay Kendall for the fabric?

Kendall will pay $5.80 for the fabric.

Ryah will pay Kendall $1.16.

500

Aiden's van can travel 16.4 miles per gallon of gas. His tank has 8.3 gallons of gas in it. How many miles can Aiden travel with the gas in his tank?

136.12 miles

500

Aaliyah bought 3 presents that cost $4.90 each. She also bought 1.8 lbs of sugar for some cookies she wanted to make that cost $0.90 per pound. 

How much did she spend on presents and sugar?


presents = 14.70 & sugar = 1.62

14.70 + 1.62 = $16.32

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