Question

Question #70989

Answer 1

`125/828`

Explanation:

When dividing by a decimal, we make the divisor into a whole number by multiplying by a power of 10.

`8.5/56.304 xx 1000/1000 = 8500/56304`

We can work this out by cancelling using common factors:

`(8500 div 4)/(56304div4) = 2125/14076`

`(2125 div17)/(14076div17) = 125/828`

However, this is probably unrealistic manually and we would probably have resorted to using a calculator in the first place.

A fraction answer is better than a rounded off decimal.