in dividing decimals you never get a remainder and in dividing whole numbers you do.
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More to the point perhaps, you are working in powers of 10 all the time.
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In that you carry out exactly the same steps - AND you must determine the correct position of the decimal point.
The fundamental operations on whole numbers and decimals are addition, subtraction, division, and multiplication. However, multiplying and dividing decimals is a bit more complicated because you have to count decimal points to get an accurate answer.
Whole numbers can be positive or negative numbers. Numbers are whole as long as they have no fractins or decimals with them.
The difference is that if you multiply with a whole number and then multiply with a decimal and you compare.You will notice the whole number is greater.You are very welcome.
it separating the whole numbers from the fraction parts.