Dividing by decimal is different from dividing by whole number as you have to multiply by a number to remove the decimal.
add a decimal
10000
decimal number which is similar to 1/5 = 0.21/5:= 1 ÷ 5= 0.2 in decimal
By dividing the denominator into the numerator
dividing the number by a power of 10
The answer depends on the magnitude of the number by which you are dividing.
you can change a fraction to a decimal by dividing the bottom number into the top number.
add a decimal
10000
Division is the same whether you use whole numbers or decimals. You could make the decimal into a whole number. Look at an example 35 ÷ 0.25 which can be written as 35/0.25 Next multiply top and bottom by the same number to get rid of the decimal. This becomes 3500/25 or 3500 ÷ 25, and then you can continue division in the usual way.
division. add a decimal with zeros after it and just keep dividing.
decimal number which is similar to 1/5 = 0.21/5:= 1 ÷ 5= 0.2 in decimal
Consider 23/1.344 This can be written as 23000/1344 (we multiplied both numerator and denominator by 1000 and doing so does not change the original value). Lo and behold we have converted dividing by decimal to dividing whole numbers. Consider 23.089/4.6788 This can be written as 230890/46788 (we multiplied both numerator and denominator by 10000 and doing so does not change the original value). Lo and behold we have converted dividing by decimal to dividing whole numbers.
A decimal is similar to a fraction because they are both part of a whole number, not a whole number, just part of one. For example, 0.5 is the same thing as 1/2 , or half. This means both are only half of a whole number.
Yes
Unlike dividing by a whole number, dividing buy a decimal number cannot be done directly - the divisor must first be converted to a whole number (and then the division can be done). The easiest way to do this conversion is to keep multiplying the divisor by 10 until a whole number is obtained; however, whatever is done to the divisor must also be done to the dividend, so by whatever the divisor is multiplied, the dividend must also be multiplied.
Only if you are dividing by a decimal or a fraction.