Question

The product below is shown without the decimal point use number sent to place the decimal point correctly 5.03×14.5

Answer 1

To find the product of the numbers \(5.03\) and \(14.5\), first perform the multiplication without considering the decimal point:

\[
503 \times 145
\]

Calculating \(503 \times 145\):

1. Multiply \(503\) by \(5\):
\(503 \times 5 = 2515\)

2. Multiply \(503\) by \(40\):
\(503 \times 40 = 20120\) (because \(40 = 4 \times 10\))

3. Multiply \(503\) by \(100\):
\(503 \times 100 = 50300\)

Now, we need to add these up:

\[
2515 + 20120 + 50300 = 72735
\]

Next, we count the total number of decimal places in the original numbers.

- \(5.03\) has 2 decimal places.
- \(14.5\) has 1 decimal place.

In total, there are \(2 + 1 = 3\) decimal places.

Now, we place the decimal point in \(72735\) to reflect these 3 decimal places:

The product is:

\[
72.735
\]

So, the final answer is:

\[
5.03 \times 14.5 = 72.735
\]