Put the decimal point for the quotient exactly above the decimal point in the dividend.
Then forget about it, and just keep your digits lined up as you do the division. The
decimal point winds up exactly where it belongs in the quotient.
Wiki User
∙ 12y agoVideos for "How To Divide Decimals" ?
You divide the dividend by the divisor. The result is the quotient.
6.7,6.8,6.4,5.9
Yes, because when you divide you divide the # outside of the braket which is the dividend.
no
You divide.
You divide decimals like you normally would divide two numbers. Just make sure your decimals get in the right spot and your good! :)
89 divide by 5 without decimals = 17.8
Dividend if the number that you divide, divisor is the number that you divide dividend into, and quotient is the number that you get from dividing dividend into divisor. For example, in 12/3=4, 12 is the dividend, 3 is the divisor, and 4 is the quotient.
dividend
Just go ahead and do it the usual way, using what you know about any long division that involves decimals. The answer will be less than ' 1 ', because the divisor doesn't go into the dividend even 1 time, but that shouldn't scare you.
You divide the integer by the decimal.