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Multiply the decimals.
13.06 × 0.51 =
29.19 × 8 =
37.28 × 2.58 =
40.81 × 5.4 =
51.2 × 4.0 =
64.9 × 8.67 =
75.9 × 3 =
86.6 × 6.55 =
Multiplying decimals worksheets
Multiplying decimals is a whole-number multiplication with the point put back afterwards, and knowing where it goes is the entire skill. These free printable worksheets mix multiplying by a whole number and by another decimal.
If they get stuck
Multiplying decimals
The answer key prints on a separate page.
What's on this sheet
Ignore the points, multiply as though everything were whole, then count the decimal places in the question and give the answer the same number. 3.06 × 0.51 has four places between them, so the answer has four: 1.5606. Counting rather than guessing is what makes this reliable, and it works every time.
Why this sheet works
The result of multiplying by a number below one is smaller than what you started with, and that surprises children who have spent five years watching multiplication make things bigger. It is worth naming out loud — half of eight is four, and 0.5 × 8 is the same sentence.
How this one works
One question from a sheet like this one, worked a step at a time — with a sentence saying what just happened and why.
Multiplying decimals, step by step