How do you divide 2 into 102?

Answer 1

First write down the problem neatly using the below format:

102 / 2 = ____

the ____ is where you are going to write the result

Now copy dovn the first digit from the left end of the numerator (102)

102 / 2 = ____

1

Is this number smaller than the divisor (2)

yes it is, so we pull down the second digit

102 / 2 = ____

10

Ten is bigger than 2 so now you divide 2 into 10

2 goes into 10 five times so write 5 as the first digit of the result

102 / 2 = 5___

10

now multiply the resultdigit by the divisor and write the resulting

number under the 10. then subtract that number from 10

102 / 2 = 5___

10

10

0

pull down the next digit to stand behind the 0

102 / 2 = 5___

10

10

02

this number is not smaller than the divisor so we divide it by 2

and write the result of dividing as the second digit of the result

102 / 2 = 51__

10

10

02

again multiply the resultdigit by the divisor and write the resulting

number under the 02. then subtract that number from 02

102 /2 = 51__

10

10

02

2

0

there are no more digits to pull down, so you have finished dividing 102 by 2. The result is 51.

This is called long division

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