Question

Complete the equation to show that 4.2 divided by 0.35 is equivalent to 420 divided by 35

Answer 1

It is done by division of decimal numbers.

Explanation:

We have 4.2 = numerator

and 0.35 = denominator

while dividing decimal numbers we divide them by removing the decimal points.

to remove the decimal points in the denominator we first shift the decimals in numerator and denominator to right till one of them has decimal removed , which here gives us 42 and 03.5 or 3.5, now add number of zeroes in numerator = number of digits after the decimal point.

now we remove the decimal in denominator so we get 420 divided by 35.