Question

Dividing a decimal number that is ________ than 1 gives a quotient that is larger than the dividend.

Answer 1

less

Explanation:

Dividing a decimal number that is less than 1 gives a quotient that is larger than the dividend.

For example :

Take 3/0.3 :

⇒ 3 / 0.3

⇒ 10

10 is greater than the dividend 3.

Answer 2

Suppose we want to divide 3 by 2.

By Long Division we first write 1 as the first digit as the quotient, then we subtract 2 from 3, then we add a zero to the remainder 1, and then add a decimal point after the quotient 1, then write 5 after the decimal point, getting the quotient as 1.5

I know it is indeed right as we can verify. But why do we add a zero and the decimal point in the quotient?

Thank you.