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What is 2÷7? Please help me, and explain

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Answer:

0.2857142857142857 is the answer

User Niklas Raab
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Answer:

3 1/2

Investigating the number of 2's that can be fitted into 7

Consider 2 +2 + 2 + 2 = 8

this is too big so too many 2's

Consider

2 + 2+ 2 = 6

this will fit into 7 but the remainder is 7-6=1

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Now lets start again but in a different way.

Split 7 up into 6 + 1

So 7 ÷ 2 is the same as ... ( 6 + 1 ) ÷ 2

which is the same as: ... 6 ÷ 2 + 1 ÷ 2

which is the same as ...

6 2 + 1 2

which is the same as ...

3 + 1 2 → 3 1 2

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