Question

what is the quotient of 15.25 divided by 3.5?

Answer 1

ANSWER

4.357

EXPLANATION

We want to divide 15.25 by 3.5 to get the quotient.

To do that, we will divide 15.25 by 3.5 using long division.

We have to make the divisor (3.5) and dividend (152.5) in form of a whole number.

We see that:

$\begin{gathered} \frac{15.25}{3.5}\text{ is the same as }\frac{1525}{350} \\ (we\text{ multiplied numerator and denomiator by 10)} \end{gathered}$

So, divide 152.5 by 35:

So, we conclude that the quotient of the the division is 4.357