When you are dividing a decimal by a whole number you have to bring up the decimal.
For example, 36.4 divided by 2, you would take the decimal that is between the 6 and the 4 in 36.4 and you bring it up.
Then you divide like you normally would.
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Divide the top number (numerator) by the bottom number (denominator) of the fraction and the number you come up with is your decimal.
If you divide a number times 48 and it equals to a whole number then that is the answer! But if it has a decimal as the answer then you have to use a different number
Put it off to the right side of the number as R(x)
To divide decimal numbers:If the divisor is not a whole number, move decimal point to right to make it a whole number and move decimal point in dividend the same number of places.Divide as usual. ...Put decimal point directly above decimal point in the dividend.Check your answer.
It means it comes out to an whole number. There would not be a fraction or a decimal point.