How do you simplify #1.6 div 0.336#?
2 Answers
Explanation:
When you are dividing BY a decimal, it is possible to make the decimal into a whole number by multiplying by 10, 100 or 1000. etc
This can now be divided by long division, double division or any similar method
Explanation:
Assuming you can't simply use a calculator, the only way I see to simplify this expression is translating everything to fractions: we have
and
Now, if you want to divide by a fraction, you have to multiply for the inverse of that fraction: dividing by
And now we can do cross canceling: