You can use area diagrams to respresent products of decimals. Use the applet below to represent multiplications, for example 2.4 [math]\cdot[/math] 1.3. Drag the sliders in order to create the decimals.

[list][*]Which region represents 0.4 [math]\cdot[/math] 0.3? [br][/*][*]How can the other regions be labelled with their respective areas?[br][/*][*]Can you find the value of the multiplication?[/*][/list][br]You can use the checkboxes to verify your answers.

Use the applet in order to visualize other multiplications with decimals.