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How Do You Divide a Decimal by a Decimal?

Solve the following problem: 9.440 ÷ 2.95

Summary

  1. The dividend will become the numerator, and the divisor wil become the denominator
  2. We can multiply the numerator and denominator by 100 to get rid of the decimal point

Notes

    1. The dividend will become the numerator, and the divisor wil become the denominator
    1. We want to make the denominator a whole number by multiplying by a power of 10
    2. To figure out what number to use, count the number of decimal places in the denominator and put that many 0's after the 1