Basic Math Examples

$0.02 \cdot 24$

Step 1

Multiply using long multiplication.

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Step 1.1

Multiply $4$ by $2$ . Place the result in the next column in the result line. There is one result line for each digit in $24$ .


	$0$	. $0$	$2$
$⨯$		$2$	$4$
			$8$

Step 1.2

Multiply $4$ by $0$ . Place the result in the next column in the result line. There is one result line for each digit in $24$ .


	$0$	. $0$	$2$
$⨯$		$2$	$4$
		$0$	$8$

Step 1.3

Multiply $4$ by $0$ . Place the result in the next column in the result line. There is one result line for each digit in $24$ .


	$0$	. $0$	$2$
$⨯$		$2$	$4$
	$0$	$0$	$8$

Step 1.4

Multiply $2$ by $2$ . Place the result in the next column in the result line. There is one result line for each digit in $24$ .


	$0$	. $0$	$2$
$⨯$		$2$	$4$
	$0$	$0$	$8$
		$4$

Step 1.5

Multiply $2$ by $0$ . Place the result in the next column in the result line. There is one result line for each digit in $24$ .


	$0$	. $0$	$2$
$⨯$		$2$	$4$
	$0$	$0$	$8$
	$0$	$4$

Step 1.6

Multiply $2$ by $0$ . Place the result in the next column in the result line. There is one result line for each digit in $24$ .


	$0$	. $0$	$2$
$⨯$		$2$	$4$
	$0$	$0$	$8$
$0$	$0$	$4$

Step 1.7

Add the numbers in each column. In this case, add $8 + 0$ , then place the $8$ in the result line.


	$0$	. $0$	$2$
$⨯$		$2$	$4$
	$0$	$0$	$8$
$0$	$0$	$4$
			$8$

Step 1.8

Add the numbers in each column. In this case, add $0 + 4$ , then place the $4$ in the result line.


	$0$	. $0$	$2$
$⨯$		$2$	$4$
	$0$	$0$	$8$
$0$	$0$	$4$
		$4$	$8$


	$0$	. $0$	$2$
$⨯$		$2$	$4$
	$0$	$0$	$8$
$0$	$0$	$4$
		$4$	$8$

Step 2

To find the number of decimal places needed in the answer, add the number of decimal places in the multiplier and multiplicand. In this case, there is a total of $2$ , so the answer must have $2$ decimal places as well.

$0.48$