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    Dividing by a
    Decimal Number

    The strange story of:


    37.5  1.25

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    FIRST…
    Come up with a QUICK ESTIMATE…

    37.5  1.25 looks like it will be close to


    37  1, which would equal just 37.

    SO… we will be looking for an answer


    around 37 and REJECT an answer of
    300-something or 3-something.

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    37.5  1.25

    125 375
    To solve this problem using the “paper and pencil”
    procedure we would set it up like THIS.

    BUT… the regular division procedure does


    not work comfortably with decimal
    divisors… what can we do ?
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    37.5  1.25
    will give the same answer as 375 
    12.5
    ...since we multiplied BOTH Dividend and Divisor by 10.

    125 375

    …and we can do this multiplication by moving the


    decimal point one place to the right !

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    and 375  12.5
    will give the same answer as 3750  125
    …since we multiplied BOTH Dividend and Divisor by 10 again.

    125 3750
    …and we can do this multiplication by
    moving the decimal point one more place to the right !
    and annexing a zero in the ones place.

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    and 3750  125
    we can solve in the usual way

    30
    125 3750
    -375
    0

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    Thanks
    Submitted by
    Anish
    DAV Public School
    Noida

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