Multiplying Decimals by Whole Number Word Problems

Two factors are multiplied, and their product is 8964.36. One factor is a whole number. How many decimals places are in the other factor? Tell how you know.

The other factor has ​ (a)   decimal place(s) because the number of decimal places in the product is the ​ (b)   the number of decimals places in the factors.

• 2

• sum of

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

• difference of

• quotient of

• product of

0.7 x 4

• 2.8

• 2.4

• 28

• 28.0

Jeane earned $62.95 every week for babysitting. How much did she earn in 6 weeks?

• $63.01

• $68.95

• $377.70

• $362.40

Mr. Castro bought 2.8 pounds of hamburger meat that cost $3.45 a pound. What was his total cost?

• $6.90

• $8.26

• $9.66

• $27.60

Jacob bought 5 bottles of orange juice at a market. Each bottle cost $2.43. How much did the orange juice cost all together?

• $7.43

• $10.05

• $12.15

• $20.05

A store is shipping 26 birdhouses to a park. Each birdhouse weighs 3.93 pounds. What is the total weight of the shipment?

• 28.93 pounds

• 31.44 pounds
  

• 102.18 pounds

• 102.48 pounds

4.23 x 100

• 42.3

• 423

• 4230

0.55 x 8

• 4.4

• 44

• 44.0

• 8.55

Leon wrote the product below without a decimal point. Where should he place the decimal point?

6.18 × 3 = 1854

• 1.854

• 185.4

• 0.1854

• 18.54

Four pieces of ribbon are each 0.12 meter long. Sandra multiplies 4 × 0.12 to find the total length, in meters. What is the product?

• 0.48

• 0.048

• 4.08

• 4.8