AMY J. answered • 11/24/12
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Hi Tatha,
Unfortunately you have a tedious, time consuming long division problem on your hands.
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23855)73091.72
First you must ask, how many times will 23855 go into 73091.72. The answer is 3 (23855*3=71565)
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23855)73091.72
-71565
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1526. (23855 will not go into 1526 so you must bring the .72 down.
_____3.______
23855)73091.72
-71565
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1526.72 (ignore the decimals, just carry them down)
now you need to determine how many times 23855 will go into 152672 (the decimals are not important now) The answer is 6
______3.06_______
23855) 73091.72
-71565
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152672
-143130
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9542
Continue adding zeros and dividing until you reach the number of decimal points required in the asnwer. Good luck
Jason T.
When you do long division, only bring 1 number down at a time. If your divisor will not even go into the new number even once, you have to put a zero into your answer!
So, Amy was correct that you have a 3. Subtract 73091-71565 to get 1526 and bring down the next digit in the dividend,7.
Now how many times will 23855 go into 15267? It won't, so you have to put a 0 up top! So far you have 3.0
So now bring down the next digit and ask how many times will 23855 go into 152672? 6 like Amy said before, so now add a 6 to your answer. Now you have 3.06 up top. Keep going bringing down one digit at a time. Since you have no more digits in the dividend, you can always add zeros without changing its value.
Keep going like Amy said until you have enough decimal places.
11/25/12