Question

Jack use the place value chart below to show 1,826.5. Jack divided 1,826.5 by a number to get a quotient of 18.265 which he wrote on the second line of the chart. What number did Jack divide 1,826.5 by to get a quotient of 18,265?

Answer 1

100

Explanation:

Let the number we are looking for be x. If Jack divided 1,826.5 by the number to get a quotient of 18.265, to get the number we will solve the equation;

1,826.5/x = 18.265

Cross multiply

1826.5 = 18.265x

Divide both sides by 18.265

18.265x = 1826.5

18.265x/18.625 = 1826.5/18.625

x = 100

Hence Jack divide 1,826.5 by 100 to get a quotient of 18.265