How do you evaluate #8.58\div 2#?

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EZ as pi
Dec 16, 2016

#4.29#

Explanation:

You can also do this mentally by breaking #8.58# into two parts and using the distributive law:

#8.58 div 2#

# = (8+0.58) div 2#

Divide each part by 2 separately...

#=4 + 0.29" "larr# now add the answers together:

#=4.29#

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