LOCATION OF THE DECIMAL POINT
1. A DECIMAL DIVIDED BY A WHOLE NUMBER.
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3.46
14) 48.44
42
This division is very easy. You simply divide as in whole
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numbers and place the decimal point in the quotient above
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the decimal point in the dividend.
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2. A DECIMAL DIVIDED BY A DECIMAL.
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34.6
This division sometimes causes trouble. The first thing to
1.4)
48.44
do is to make the divisor a whole number. Then move the
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decimal point in the dividend the same number of places to
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the right as you moved it in the divisor.
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84
Now the division is the same as the easy problem #1.
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NOW, YOU DO THIS ONE:
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3.14) 125.6
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