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Grace Caldelas: The rule is: Dad: divide Mom: multiply Sister: subtract Brother: bring down Rover: Repeat
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How is dividing decimals different than dividing whole numbers?
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.
What is the rule for multiplying or dividing two numbers with the same signs?
In all of these cases the result is positive.
How is dividing decimals similar to dividing whole numbers?
In that you carry out exactly the same steps - AND you must determine the correct position of the decimal point.
How dividing by decimal is similar from dividing whole number?
Consider 23/1.344 This can be written as 23000/1344 (we multiplied both numerator and denominator by 1000 and doing so does not change the original value). Lo and behold we have converted dividing by decimal to dividing whole numbers. Consider 23.089/4.6788 This can be written as 230890/46788 (we multiplied both numerator and denominator by 10000 and doing so does not change the original value). Lo and behold we have converted dividing by decimal to dividing whole numbers.
What are the rule for dividing negative numbers?
The rules for dividing negative numbers is the same as multiplying them. A negative number multiplied/divided by a negative number is positive and a negative number multiplied/divided by a positive number is negative.
