Dylan and Lucas know the digits in the product

Question

6
×
3
.
01
are 1806. Dylan says the decimal should be placed between the 8 and 0. Lucas says the decimal should be placed between the 1 and 8.

Determine which student is correct. Explain your thinking using estimation and place value in your response.

Do yall have a good explanation or at least something I can put into my own words? I need help from WriteTeacher If that is possible.

Answer 1

Firstly, write horizontally: 6*3.01

Secondly, Dylan is correct because if you rounded the problem to 6*3 you would get 18. So Dylan's statement is correct.

Answer 2

THANK YOU SO MUCH-

Answer 3

My, bad I copied and pasted it and it came out like this;
6
×
3

Answer 4

AJL asked you to write the problem horizontally.