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.
To divide decimals, first, eliminate the decimal point from the divisor by multiplying both the divisor and the dividend by the same power of 10. Then, perform the division as you would with whole numbers. Finally, place the decimal point in the quotient directly above where it would appear in the dividend, based on the number of decimal places in the dividend. Adjust the quotient if necessary to ensure accuracy.
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You divide the dividend by the divisor. The result is the quotient.
Yes, because when you divide you divide the # outside of the braket which is the dividend.
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You divide.
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You divide decimals like you normally would divide two numbers. Just make sure your decimals get in the right spot and your good! :)
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.
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.
89 divide by 5 without decimals = 17.8
When dividing decimals, you move the decimal point to the right in the divisor (the number you are dividing by) to make it a whole number. You must then move the decimal point in the dividend (the number being divided) the same number of places to the right. This ensures that the division remains equivalent. The result will have its decimal point placed according to the new position of the decimal in the dividend.