6th grade multiplying decimals worksheets

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

Multiply. Count the decimal places for your answer.

  1. 6.3 × 5.1 =

    Answer: 32.13

  2. 1.6 × 0.77 =
  3. 7.2 × 0.74 =

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Every version prints on US Letter or A4, with its answer key on the last page.

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 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 curriculum team. Content version 123, updated July 2026.