Question

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

Answer 1

33.6

Explanation:

length× width

= 8×4.2

8.0

× 4.2

_____

160

+3200

_____

3360

______

Here, in the question it is 8×4.2. We kept .0 to 8. That is 8.0×4.2. Here, we have two decimal points. So we should keep the two decimal points in the answer. Then, the answer is 33.6