September 15, 2009
No CommentsHow to Dividing Decimals
Description
A detailed tutorial on how to divide decimals. Step by step tutorial including several examples of dividing decimals for reference. It is a requirement to know how to divide decimals for all math classes.
Overview
Decimals are really no different from regular numbers when you perform operations on them, but sometimes the numbers in the decimal places can be a little tricky to figure out. The operation we will be talking about is division. With division, you set it up just like any long division problem. Move the decimal over to the right on the divisor so that there is no decimal, and then you must move the decimal point over exactly that many spaces on the dividend. Then solve it just like you would any other division problem, and don’t forget about the decimal point.
