• Line up the place value of each number so that the ones digits are right-justified.
• Begin with the ones digit in the second factor, and then multiply by each digit of the first factor.
• Carry numbers to the next place value as necessary.
• Repeat for the tens digit, hundreds digits, etc., in the second factor.
• Add the partial products.

• Align the digits to the right.
• Multiply as you would for whole numbers, temporarily ignoring the decimal.
• Count the number of digits to the right of the decimal in each factor.
• Place the decimal in the product so that the same number of digits are to the right of the decimal as there were in both factors together.

• Multiply the whole number by the numerator of the fraction.
• Keep the denominator of the fraction.
• Simplify the product if necessary.

12 × 5 over 8 5 8 = 60 over 8 60 8 = 15 over 2 15 2 = 7 1 over 2 1 2