Question

Heyy can someone help and explain how they got their answer? I need it for homework thank you v much and for ur help <33

problem:
20.55 divided by 1.5

Answer 1

1 Shift the decimals of both 20.55 and 1.5 to the right by 1 decimal place. (This is needed to convert 1.5 to 15, since long division must divide by a whole number.)

205.5

÷

15

205.5÷15

2 Use the algorithm method.

1 3 . 7

1 5 | 2 0 5 . 5

1 5

5 5 .

4 5 .

1 0 . 5

1 0 . 5

3 Therefore,

20.55

÷

1.5

=

13.7

20.55÷1.5=13.7.

13.7

13.7

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