Question

What is `0.008\div 4`?

Answer 1

0.002 or `2 xx 10^-3`

Explanation:

Note that `10^(-3)` is another way of writing `1/(10^3)`

0.008 can be written as `8 xx 10^-3`

The problem can be written as `(8/4) xx 10^-3`

`8/4` = 2 Which gives

`2 xx 10^-3` or 0.002