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Lesson 8: Dividing decimals- Dividing whole numbers to get a decimal
- Dividing whole numbers like 56÷35 to get a decimal
- Dividing a decimal by a whole number
- Dividing a whole number by a decimal
- Dividing decimals with hundredths
- Dividing decimals completely
- Long division with decimals
- Dividing decimals: hundredths
- Dividing by a multi-digit decimal
- Dividing decimals: thousandths
- Arithmetic with rational numbers FAQ
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Dividing by a multi-digit decimal
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Dividing decimals involves a few simple steps. First, convert the divisor into a whole number by shifting the decimal point to the right. Apply the same process to the dividend. Then, perform regular division with the new numbers. Finally, position the decimal point in the quotient to match the dividend. Created by Sal Khan and Monterey Institute for Technology and Education.
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- If I have a remainder how do I get rid of it? Someone told me you can do that.(368 votes)
- you cant really get rid of it. just add a zero to the end of the number in the division box thing. continue the prob. until you get an awnswer without a remainder.(290 votes)
- What do you do with a remainder when dividing decimals? 5:32(22 votes)
- The video isonly for me, but you just turn it into a fraction, decimal, or remainder, 5:31(15 votes)
- Can you take the decimal out of the number, divide and put it back. I'm pretty sure it's not correct. So, if you multiply the decimal as much as you need to, you get a whole number and not to change the value you do the same two the number your dividing into. Is the correct? Are their other methods?(18 votes)
- If I'm reading your question right, then yeah you're right! The trick would be to know where to place your decimal point when you have your answer.
Another method to dividing would be to divide by the whole number first.
For example: 10.925/2.5
First you should find how many times 2.5 can go into 10, which is 4.
After that you have 0.925 left to divide, but 2.5 isn't gonna fit in 0.925 so the decimal point has to go after the 4.
Now you can use your other method to find how many times 25 goes into 925 which is 37.
This makes your final answer 4.37(22 votes)
- Is there a video for dividing a whole number from a fraction?(11 votes)
- This video explains how to divide a whole number by a fraction: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-sixth-grade-math/cc-6th-arithmetic-operations/cc-6th-dividing-fractions/v/whole-number-divided-by-a-fraction-example.(13 votes)
- why atdo you multiply if you get the same answer? 1:45(1 vote)
- Sal was showing a different way to do this. ( Hear him say rewrite?)(15 votes)
- hello im watching the video and I wonder how do you divide decimals,he gave a great exaplation and I got an A+ in math because of him so I just wanted to let you know keep doing what you are doing you are changing people lives...
Levi(5 votes) - How can i divided 76.80 by0.8(3 votes)
- 76.80 = 76.8, so 76.80/0.8 = 76.8/0.8 .
Then, you multiply both sides by 10 to get 768/8.
768 = 720 + 48, so 768/8 = 90 + 6 = 96(3 votes)
- why is math always so hard?😭(4 votes)
- What is the next remainder(3 votes)
- there is no remainder since the 75=75 so it was a regular number with a decimal and not a remainder with a decimal(2 votes)
- If I have a remainder how do I get rid of it? Someone told me you can do that.(3 votes)
- When we do division and are left with a remainder, we can continue dividing to get the answer as a decimal. How do we do it? Add a zero to the remainder and a decimal point in the quotient.(2 votes)
Video transcript
We need to divide 0.25
into 1.03075. Now the first thing you want to
do when your divisor, the number that you're dividing into
the other number, is a decimal, is to multiply it by
10 enough times so that it becomes a whole number
so you can shift the decimal to the right. So every time you multiply
something by 10, you're shifting the decimal over
to the right once. So in this case, we want
to switch it over the right once and twice. So 0.25 times 10 twice is the
same thing as 0.25 times 100, and we'll turn the
0.25 into 25. Now if you do that with the
divisor, you also have to do that with the dividend,
the number that you're dividing into. So we also have to multiply this
by 10 twice, or another way of doing it is shift
the decimal over to the right twice. So we shift it over
once, twice. It will sit right over here. And to see why that makes
sense, you just have to realize that this expression
right here, this division problem, is the exact same
thing as having 1.03075 divided by 0.25. And so we're multiplying
the 0.25 by 10 twice. We're essentially multiplying
it by 100. Let me do that in a
different color. We're multiplying it by 100
in the denominator. This is the divisor. We're multiplying it by 100, so
we also have to do the same thing to the numerator, if we
don't want to change this expression, if we don't want
to change the number. So we also have to multiply
that by 100. And when you do that,
this becomes 25, and this becomes 103.075. Now let me just rewrite this. Sometimes if you're doing this
in a workbook or something, you don't have to rewrite it as
long as you remember where the decimal is. But I'm going to rewrite
it, just so it's a little bit neater. So we multiplied both
the divisor and the dividend by 100. This problem becomes 25
divided into 103.075. These are going to result in
the exact same quotient. They're the exact same fraction,
if you want to view it that way. We've just multiplied both the
numerator and the denominator by 100 to shift the decimal
over to the right twice. Now that we've done that,
we're ready to divide. So the first thing, we have 25
here, and there's always a little bit of an art to dividing
something by a multiple-digit number, so we'll
see how well we can do. So 25 does not go into 1. 25 does not go into 10. 25 does go into 103. We know that 4 times 25
is 100, so 25 goes into 100 four times. 4 times 5 is 20. 4 times 2 is 8, plus 2 is 100. We knew that. Four quarters is $1.00. It's 100 cents. And now we subtract. 103 minus 100 is going to
be 3, and now we can bring down this 0. So we bring down that 0 there. 25 goes into 30 one time. And if we want, we could
immediately put this decimal here. We don't have to wait until
the end of the problem. This decimal sits right in that
place, so we could always have that decimal sitting right
there in our quotient or in our answer. So we were at 25 goes
into 30 one time. 1 times 25 is 25, and then
we can subtract. 30 minus 25, well,
that's just 5. I mean, we can do all this
borrowing business, or regrouping. This can become a 10. This becomes a 2. 10 minus 5 is 5. 2 minus 2 is nothing. But anyway, 30 minus 25 is 5. Now we can bring down this 7. 25 goes into 57 two
times, right? 25 times 2 is 50. 25 goes into 57 two times. 2 times 25 is 50. And now we subtract again. 57 minus 50 is 7. And now we're almost done. We bring down that 5
right over there. 25 goes into 75 three times. 3 times 25 is 75. 3 times 5 is 15. Regroup the 1. We can ignore that. That was from before. 3 times 2 is 6, plus 1 is 7. So you can see that. And then we subtract, and then
we have no remainder. So 25 goes into 103.075 exactly
4.123 times, which makes sense, because 25 goes
into 100 about four times. This is a little bit larger than
100, so it's going to be a little bit more
than four times. And that's going to be the
exact same answer as the number of times that 0.25
goes into 1.03075. This will also be 4.123. So this fraction, or this
expression, is the exact same thing as 4.123. And we're done!