LIVE0.6 × 0.4 = 0.24 · 24 hundredths

Multiplying Decimals

Place-value factory · area, digits, estimates

Teacher mode

Mission: predict the product

Change either factor and connect area, place value, and the decimal product.

Visual model

First factor0.6

Second factor0.4

Simulation speed1×

0.6 × 0.4 = 0.24

6 × 4 = 24Whole-number digits

2Decimal places

0.24Product

≈ 0.2Estimate

The overlap represents the decimal product.

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What to watch

Watch six tenths by four tenths become twenty-four hundredths.

Place count: product decimal places = places in factor A + places in factor B.

Area model: length × width = area.

Power of ten: multiplying by 0.1 makes a value one-tenth as large.

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