How do you divide 1 by 3?

Answer 1

We will use long divison for this.

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3 /1

3 is bigger than 1, so we can't divide 1 by 3. However, if we add a decimal point and a 0 to 1:

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3 /1.0

Ignore the decimal point for now. Now it says 10/3. We can divide 10 by 3:

_3_____

3 /10

9

10

And then again:

_33____

3 /10

9

10

9

10

We can keep on doing this forever, and we will get the number 3333333....

Now, we have to put back in the decimal point.

_.333333...

3 /1.000000...

1/3=.3333333...