DIVIDE:Round to the nearest tenth.
long division
.48/9.23

Question

DIVIDE:Round to the nearest tenth.
long division
.48/9.23

bloomlocke367 · Answer

Do you know how to do long division?

anonymous · Answer

i dont remember much on how to do it

bloomlocke367 · Answer

Okay... well do you at least know what goes where?

anonymous · Answer

yeah

bloomlocke367 · Answer

okay,|dw:1425906280868:dw|

anonymous · Answer

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bloomlocke367 · Answer

not quite...
.48/9.23 is the same as saying .48 divided by 9.23
what you put is 9.23 divided by .48
do you understand why?

anonymous · Answer

thats the way the problem is on my worksheet

anonymous · Answer

yeah i messed up when i put .48 first but i thought someone would know what im talking about even if i put it that way

bloomlocke367 · Answer

okay.. so you just wrote it wrong. that's okay :) well, to divide something with decimals in the divisor, you must move it in BOTH the divisor and the dividend.  Like this:|dw:1425906952254:dw|