Use what you learned during today’s lesson to answer the following questions.  

1. Show $(2.3)(5.06)$ as a fraction multiplication problem and explain why the answer is in thousandths (three decimal places).

   Partial Answer (a):

   Here is $(2.3)(5.06)$ written as a fraction multiplication problem:

   $2\frac{3}{10}\cdot5\frac{6}{100}=$

   Can you explain why the answer will be in thousandths?

2. Show $(0.004)(3.42)$ as a fraction multiplication problem and explain why the answer is in hundred-thousandths (five decimal places).

   Hint (b):

   See part (a) for guidance for writing fraction multiplication problems.