[Arithmetic operations. Numerical identities]

Can the product of two numbers be less than the smaller of the factors?

Try considering the product of any two positive numbers less than 1.

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Sure, let's take, for example, the product of any two positive numbers less than 1, or take one number as arbitrarily negative and the other as positive and greater than 1.

## Answer

Yes, for example: \(0.5 \times 0.122 < 0.122\).