How do you simplify #9.594 div 0.06#?
2 Answers
A way to get round the decimal place in the initial division expression.
Explanation:
Note that
Note that
So
I will do the division first then multiply by the
As we have 0 we may now stop the division
Now we multiply by the
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If the division had not finished with a 0 at that point then we would have gone into decimal values.
Explanation:
The rule with dividing BY a decimal is simple ... DON'T!!
You can change any decimal into a whole number by multiplying by a power of
Write the division as a fraction:
Multiply the numerator and the denominator by the same number
This changes the denominator into a whole number: