Question

How many places will the decimal point move when solving the division problem 119.25 ÷ 100. How do you know you are correct?

Answer 1

Remember a key rule in dividing numbers with decimals—you need to do the same thing to both numbers in the expression. To make 15.75 a whole number, we need to multiply it by 10 twice, or, you could say, we need to multiply it by 100. That in effect moves the decimal place over two places to the right, giving us 1,575.

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