Decimal Point Placement: Solve 0.45 × 3.14 = 1413

Given the following exercise, find the correct place of the decimal point:

$0.45\times3.14=1413$

To solve this problem, we need to determine the correct position of the decimal point in the product $1413$, which results from multiplying $0.45$ by $3.14$.

• Step 1: Count the decimal places in each factor. The number $0.45$ has 2 decimal places, and $3.14$ has 2 decimal places.
• Step 2: Sum the decimal places from each factor. The total number of decimal places is $2 + 2 = 4$.
• Step 3: Place the decimal point in the result $1413$ such that there are 4 digits following the decimal.

Therefore, the decimal point should be placed to give us $1.413$.

Given the provided choices, the correct option is: $1.413$.

Thus, the corrected and correctly formatted multiplication result is $1.413$.