Question

How do you know where to place the decimal point in the quotient when dividing decimals by a whole number

Answer 1

Suppose, we are given

$\frac{10.4}{8}$

step-1: Firstly, we will get rid of decimals from numerator by multiply numbers

Here , we have decimal before one digit

so, to get rid of that decimal

we will have to multiply both top and bottom by 10

$=\frac{10.4*10}{8*10}$

$=\frac{104}{80}$

step-2:

now, we can divide it using division

and then we  will get decimal accordingly

$\frac{10.4}{8}=1.3$