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Where the Point Goes in a Product Worksheet with Answer Key

6 problems on where the point goes in a product: tenths times tenths on a hundredths grid, placing the decimal point, finding a lost decimal point, estimating and finding the cost of green beans, and fixing two students' mistakes. 2 pages, with a worked answer key and a one-page lesson handout. Free to download, no sign-in.

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What's on the worksheet

  1. Multiply, thinking of tenths times tenths on a hundredths grid:
    0.3 × 0.60.9 × 0.90.2 × 0.40.7 × 0.50.4 × 0.5
  2. Read the strip Maya shades on a grid and write the decimals for the whole and dark parts.
  3. Multiply, placing the point first and then dropping zeros at the end:
    0.02 × 0.30.09 × 0.80.06 × 0.50.4 × 0.050.15 × 0.6
  4. Write the second factor with its decimal point so each equation is true:
    3.6 × 47 = 1.6920.8 × 53 = 4.241.9 × 26 = 0.4947 × 34 = 0.238
  5. Word problem: estimate and find the exact cost of 2.4 pounds of green beans.
  6. Explain Ben's and Naomi's mistakes with decimal products and find the right products.

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