Speaker: Not all numbers are whole numbers. Decimals are numbers that are between two whole numbers. So 1.4 is between 1 and 2. A decimal that starts with a 0 before the decimal point is less than 1.

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To multiply \(23.7\) by \(4\) without using a calculator, you can set it out like this: One decimal place is used in the calculation therefore the solution should also contain one decimal place.