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Small Decimal Division
300 is called the divisor, and 360 is called the dividend. The answer to this problem is called the quotient.
There are two ways to solve the problem.
Method 1: Decimal Long Division
Step 1: Do long division until you run out of digits in the dividend.
Step 2: Add 0's after the decimal point and continue dividing.
This gives does not change the value of the dividend. Keep dividing until the remainder is 0.
| 1.2 |
300 | 360.0 |
| -300 |
| 600 |
| -600 |
|
0 |
The answer is 1.2.
Method 2: Use fractions
Step 1: Rewrite the problem as a fraction.
Step 2: Simplify the fraction.
Step 3: Rewrite the fraction in decimal form.
The answer is 1.2
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