What is the quotient of -5.2/3.9?
2 Answers
Explanation:
Write as:
Don't like decimals so lets get rid of them.
Note that - 52 is the same as - 39 - 13
But
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Using a calculator we get
which is the same as
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This is because:
Explanation:
At a time when many students tend to depend on a calculator, many will not realise that working with fractions can be easier than using decimals, and there are often really simple methods to do calculations.
A quotient is the answer to a division
In this case:
Get rid of the decimals by multiplying by
This is where knowing the multiplication times tables helps.
This can be written as