6th grade multiplying decimals worksheets

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Sixth grade multiplies decimal by decimal, and the place counting rule earns its keep: 0.4 × 0.7 has two decimal places between the factors, so the answer gets two, or 0.28. Products sometimes come out smaller than the factors, a real number sense stretch.

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The kind of problems you'll get

Calculate exactly. Show your work.

  1. 0.6 × 2 =

    Answer: 1.2

  2. 6.2 × 2 =

    Answer: 12.4

  3. 8.8 × 7 =

    Answer: 61.6

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What's on a 6th grade sheet

The sample sheet above has 12 problems. Its answers run from 0.06 to 61.6. On the 5th grade sample they run from 0.04 to 43.8. This sheet is aligned to 6.NS.B.3. The 5th grade sheet is aligned to 5.NBT.B.7.

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How to teach this

Ask your child to count and announce the decimal places before writing the answer: "one place plus one place, so two places." Watch for answers that need a leading zero, like 0.28, since kids often drop it and write .28. When a product ends in zero, like 0.5 × 0.4 = 0.20, count places first, then simplify to 0.2.

Watch for: Kids line up the decimal points like addition and bring the point straight down. In multiplication you ignore the points until the end, then count places. Kids expect multiplying to make numbers bigger, so 0.4 × 0.7 = 0.28 looks wrong. Multiplying by a number less than 1 gives a smaller answer, and that's correct.

Common questions about 6th grade multiplying decimals

How does my child know where the decimal point goes?
Count the decimal places in both factors and add them: 0.4 × 0.7 has two in total, so the answer gets two, or 0.28. An estimate makes a good double check.
Why is the answer sometimes smaller than the numbers being multiplied?
Multiplying by a number less than 1 takes a part of something, not multiple copies of it. 0.4 × 0.7 asks for four tenths of 0.7, so 0.28 is right.

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Aligned to Common Core 6.NS.B.3. Reviewed by the One more sheet team. Content version 241, updated October 2026.

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