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Dividing by decimal is different from dividing by whole number as you have to multiply by a number to remove the decimal.

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Q: How dividing by decimal is different from dividing by whole number and how it is similar?
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When dividing do you move the decimal to the right or to the left?

The answer depends on the magnitude of the number by which you are dividing.


How can you change a fraction to a decimal?

you can change a fraction to a decimal by dividing the bottom number into the top number.


What do you do if there is a leftover number after dividing the mean?

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How is dividing a decimal by a whole number similar to dividing a whole number by a whole number?

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.


How is the decimal number calculated?

division. add a decimal with zeros after it and just keep dividing.


How dividing by decimal is similar from dividing whole number?

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.


How is multiplying by a decimal by 100 similar to multiplying a whole number by 100 How is it different?

10000


What is a quotient as a decimal?

A quotient is the result of dividing one number by another. It can be expressed as a ratio or as a decimal.


How can you use a compatible number to estimate a quotient when dividing a decimal by a whole number?

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How is dividing a decimal by a whole number different than dividing 2 decimals?

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.


What decimal number is similar to 1 5Th's?

decimal number which is similar to 1/5 = 0.21/5:= 1 ÷ 5= 0.2 in decimal


How do you make a remainder into a decimal?

you have to divide the remainder by the number you are dividing