Question

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

Answer 1

Do you know how to do long division?

Answer 2

i dont remember much on how to do it

Answer 3

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

Answer 4

yeah

Answer 5

okay,

Answer 6

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?

Answer 7

thats the way the problem is on my worksheet

Answer 8

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

Answer 9

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: