Arithmetic Grade Five

Lesson Seventy-five: Decimal Division

Consider this problem: 
	      
	       .24
	    +------
	 15 | 3.60		Remember that the decimal point in
	      3 0		the answer is written directly
             ------		above the decimal point in the
		60		dividend. 
		60
	      -----
		 0
Here's another problem to consider: 

	      2.05		STEPS:
	   +-------		1. 49/24=2
	24 | 49.20		2. 24x2=48
	     48			3. 49-48=1
	    ------		4. bring down the 2
	      1 2		5. 12/24=0
	     	0		6. 24x0=0
	    -------		7. 12-0=12
	      1 20		8. bring down the 0
	      1 20		9. 120/24=5
	    -------		10. 24x5=120
		 0		11. 120-120=0 (done)

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