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The strange story of:
37.5 1.25
Dividing by a
Decimal Number
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FIRST
Come up with a QUICK ESTIMATE

37.5 1.25 looks like it will be close to
37 1, which would equal just 37.

SO we will be looking for an answer
around 37 and REJECT an answer of
300-something or 3-something.
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37.5 1.25
3 7 5 1 2 5
To solve this problem using the paper and pencil
procedure we would set it up like THIS.
BUT the regular division procedure does
not work comfortably with decimal
divisors what can we do ?
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37.5 1.25
3 7 5 1 2 5
will give the same answer as 375 12.5
...since we multiplied BOTH Dividend and Divisor by 10.
and we can do this multiplication by moving the
decimal point one place to the right !
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and 375 12.5
3 7 5 1 2 5 0
will give the same answer as 3750 125
since we multiplied BOTH Dividend and Divisor by 10 again.
and we can do this multiplication by
moving the decimal point one more place to the right !
and annexing a zero in the ones place.
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and 3750 125
we can solve in the usual way
3 7 5 1 2 5 0
3
- 3 7 5
0
0
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Thanks
Submitted by
Anish
DAV Public School
Noida
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