Question

How would you do (-4.7)(0.08), and how would you do 5.1/-0.3?

Answer 1

(-4.7)(0.08) is just -4.7 times 0.08, and 5.1/-0.3 is just 5.1 divided by -0.3

positive multiplied by negative = negative
positive divided by negative = negative

Answer 2

Thank you. But exactly how would we multiply this with the decimals in different places?

Answer 3

to multiply 4.7 and -0.08, you can move the decimal place over twice to the right in both numbers so you get 470*8 = 3760, then you move the decimal place over to the left four times to get your final answer 0.3760

Answer 4

actually it should be -0.3760, but my previous point still stands

Answer 5

Thank you.