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Why do you always get a smaller number when you multiply decimal numbers?
That makes sense. So, does that mean the more decimal places a number has, the smaller the product will be when multiplied by another decimal number?
Not necessarily. The number of decimal places doesn't determine the size of the product. It's the value of the decimal that matters. For example, 0.8 has more decimal places than 0.5, but when multiplied by the same decimal number (let's say 0.3), the product (0.24) is actually larger than when 0.5 was multiplied by 0.3.