How do you work out 420 divided by 300?

Answer 1

1.4

Answer 2

How many times does 300 go into 420? Right: . . . one time. But you have 120 left over.

So add a decimal point after the first answer and you get " 1. " That's the first part of your answer. Write it down.

Next, how many times does 300 go into 120? Well, none, evenly.

So, add a zero to the end of 120 and you have 1200.

How many times does 300 go into 1200? This is the same as 3 into 12, and we all know that is 4.

So, tack on the " 4 " to the end of your first answer,"1." and you get "1.4". Since 300 went into 1200 evenly, you are done, now, and 1.4 is your answer.