Question

Divide. 10.12÷10^5 0.0001012 0.001012 1,012,000

Answer 1

0.0001012 is the correct answer

Answer 2

Dividing 10.12 by 10^5 means moving the decimal point five places to the left, resulting in 0.0001012.

Step-by-step explanation:

When we want to divide 10.12 by 10^5, it's a process of moving the decimal to the left by five places because the exponent of ten indicates how many places we move the decimal. In scientific notation, dividing by a power of 10 is the same as subtracting exponents when the numbers are in exponent form. Let's look at some examples:

• 1.9436 ÷ 10 = 0.19436 (shift the decimal one place to the left)
• 1.9436 ÷ 100 = 0.019436 (two places to the left)
• 1.9436 ÷ 1000 = 0.0019436 (three places to the left)

Therefore, 10.12 divided by 10^5 would be 0.0001012, shifting the decimal five places to the left.