Multiplication of decimal numbers
When you need to multiply decimal numbers by a multiple of 10 (e.g. 10, 100 and 1 000), do not just “move the comma”. First you have to understand what you are doing. E.g. 1,12 x 100. You can write 1,12 as 112 hundredths (as a common fraction) and when you multiply 112/100 by 100, the…