Help with Decimal Division Please!!!!!

[lillybeth]

OK. I need to find out the answer (or simply how to do the problem) of this equation-


2.88 divided by .006


Thanks 4 the help guys!

 

[lillybeth]

reply to Dennis

yes. I can. the answer is 480. So.. how do i turn this into a decimal? (Thanks FOR the help so far.. might take a little more though- i'm clueless at math).

 

[lillybeth]

didn't see that.

4 is not a word: use FOR

Can you divide 2880 by 6?

My parents bought me a one-way ticket to Kansas

I didn't see that comment about Kansas last time i replied. What about Chicago? (former home)

 

[JeffM]

yes. I can. the answer is 480. So.. how do i turn this into a decimal? (Thanks FOR the help so far.. might take a little more though- i'm clueless at math).

Hi Lillybeth

$\displaystyle 2.88 \div 0.006 = \dfrac{2.88}{0.006}.$ Right?

And I can multiply ANY number by 1 and not change it, correct. And I can divide any number (except zero of course) by itself and get 1, right?

So watch behind the scenes some simple magic, which denis performed with elan.

$\displaystyle \dfrac{2.88}{0.006} = \dfrac{2.88}{0.006} * 1 = \dfrac{2.88}{0.006} * \dfrac{1,000}{1,000} = \dfrac{2,880}{6} = 480 = 480.,$ and 480. IS in decimal form.[/tex]

By multiplying both numerator and denominator by 1000, you got rid of all the decimals and were left with a division in integers without changing anything. That is the magic of the decimal system. Got it now?

 

[mmm4444bot]

I need to find out

how to do

this equation

2.88 divided by .006

Hi lillybeth: That's not an equation; all equations contain an equal sign.

You may call 2.88/0.006 an expression, fraction, quotient.

Click here to see some Google search results on how to multiply decimal numbers.

Cheers :cool:

 

[Bob Brown MSEE]

Hi lillybeth

2.88 divided by .006

This equation indicates that you are looking for an answer to ...
$\displaystyle \text{Answer}=\frac{2.88}{0.006}$

The trick is to multiply the answer by one before you solve it.
$\displaystyle \text{Answer}=\frac{2.88}{0.006}*\frac{1000}{1000}$

Then it becomes simply..
$\displaystyle \text{Answer}=\frac{2880}{6}$

 

[lillybeth]

OK... Agreed

DROP that attitude NOW :evil:
Make a DECISION that you're NOT clueless...

Ok... I'm not completely clueless, but my math grade is not so good, and I really need help!

 

[lillybeth]

Hi Lillybeth

$\displaystyle 2.88 \div 0.006 = \dfrac{2.88}{0.006}.$ Right?

And I can multiply ANY number by 1 and not change it, correct. And I can divide any number (except zero of course) by itself and get 1, right?

So watch behind the scenes some simple magic, which denis performed with elan.

$\displaystyle \dfrac{2.88}{0.006} = \dfrac{2.88}{0.006} * 1 = \dfrac{2.88}{0.006} * \dfrac{1,000}{1,000} = \dfrac{2,880}{6} = 480 = 480.,$ and 480. IS in decimal form.[/tex]

By multiplying both numerator and denominator by 1000, you got rid of all the decimals and were left with a division in integers without changing anything. That is the magic of the decimal system. Got it now?

Thanks Jeffm, I think i got it now.

 

[lillybeth]

• This equation indicates that you are looking for an answer to ...

$\displaystyle \text{Answer}=\frac{2.88}{0.006}$

The trick is to multiply the answer by one before you solve it.
$\displaystyle \text{Answer}=\frac{2.88}{0.006}*\frac{1000}{1000}$

Then it becomes simply..
$\displaystyle \text{Answer}=\frac{2880}{6}$

Thanks! Will tell you what grade i get on this math assighnment!

 

[mmm4444bot]

You may call 2.88/0.006 an expression, fraction, quotient.

Click here to see some Google search results on how to multiply decimal numbers.

Yet another name for that expression is ratio. :cool:

 

[lillybeth]

oh. thanks

Yet another name for that expression is ratio. :cool:

oh. thanks bot.