1.4.

4 Practice: Decimal Operations Practice

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question or questions.

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Your Assignment

A box has the following measurements:

Length = 8 cm

Width = 4.2 cm

Height = 3.1 cm

The volume of the box is calculated as length times width times height.

Complete the statements to find the box’s volume.

1. First multiply length times width. Show your work and explain how you placed the
decimal point. (3 points)

8 x 4.2 = 33.6 I found this answer by multiplying the length and the width

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 2. To find the volume of the box, you'll multiply the product you just calculated by the
height of the box. How many digits will the volume have after the decimal point?
Explain. (3 points)

Will have 2 digits because each number just have one decimal point and then you add that two points

3. Find the volume of the box. Multiply the product of the length and the width that
you found earlier by the height, 3.1. Show your work. (4 points)

33.6 x 3.1 =104.16

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