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Dividing Decimals

Related Topics: Orders of operation | Quotient of Fractions | Rules of Divisibility
  1. The general rule of diving decimals is to always make sure that the divisor is a whole number.
    2. Example on how to transform the divisor to a whole number. Example on how to transform the divisor to a whole number
    Example on how to transform the divisor to a whole number
  2. Proceed with typical division.
  3. The location of the decimal point is inlined with the decimal point of the dividend.
    4. Location of the decimal point is inlined with the decimal point of the dividend.

    Examples:

    1. Find the quotient of 762 divided by 0.64

    Example on how to transform the divisor to a whole number
    Example on how to transform the divisor to a whole number

    2. Find the quotient of 7.6 divided by 0.32

    Example on how to transform the divisor to a whole number
    Example on how to transform the divisor to a whole number

    3. Find the quotient of 7 divided by 0.03

    Example on how to transform the divisor to a whole number

    This third example is a problem that involves repeating / recurring decimals. If you repeat the process of division and you get same answer then the decimal is a repeating decimal. Thus to indicate that the decimal is repeating, we put a bar at the top of the repeating number. For this probem we put at the top of 3.