In that you carry out exactly the same steps - AND you must determine the correct position of the decimal point.
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in dividing decimals you never get a remainder and in dividing whole numbers you do. +++ More to the point perhaps, you are working in powers of 10 all the time.
They are similar because when you compare decimals you say the larger one has more value so the decimal is larger like in comparing whole numbers the number that has more value is larger. So they are very similar.
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.
Adding whole numbers is the addition of decimals where the decimal part is zero; in both cases the digits are place value aligned meaning that the decimal points, which lies between the units (or ones) and tenths columns, are aligned - in the whole number the decimal point is "hiding" at the end.