Question

Consider the expression 35.36÷3.2.Part AIn the expression below, what values of a and b can be used to convert the dividend and divisor to whole numbers?
`(35.xa)/(2.2xb)`Select your answer from the drop-down list.The value of ą can be ___ and the value of b can be___Part BWhat is the quotient of 35.86÷2.2?The quotient is _____

Answer 1

We have the expression:

`(35.86\cdot a)/(2.2\cdot b)`

Since we want to convert the dividedn and divisior in whole numbers, we need to remove the decimal part of the numbers. We can remove the decimal part by multiplicating by a multiple of 10, for example for 35.86 would be 100, and for 2.2 would be 10:

`(35.86\cdot100)/(2.2\cdot10)=(3586)/(22)`

What is the quotient of 35.86/2.2?

`\begin{gathered} (3586)/(22)=163 \\ \text{Then,} \\ (35.86)/(2.2)=16.3 \end{gathered}`