CPM Homework Help : MC1 Problem 6-112

. Without a calculator, simplify the following decimal expressions. Homework Help ✎
1. 0.04(0.7)
2. (1.8)(0.3)

Hint (a):

It may help to think of these numbers as fractions.

$0.04 = \frac{4}{100}$

Can you write 0.7 as a fraction?

Step 2(a):

$(0.04)(0.7)= \left ( \frac{4}{100} \right )\left ( \frac{7}{10} \right )=\frac{28}{1000}$

How can you write this as a decimal?

Hint (b):

Refer to the steps in part (a).