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roper 123
Jun 5, 2012, 05:11 PM
What is 60 divided by 0.12 with the work

Wondergirl
Jun 5, 2012, 05:13 PM
Have you been studying dividing by a decimal and moving the decimal point?

roper 123
Jun 5, 2012, 05:15 PM
Have you been studying dividing by a decimal and moving the decimal point?

Yes

Wondergirl
Jun 5, 2012, 05:18 PM
Soooooooooooooo, how would you do this? Which is the divisor?

roper 123
Jun 5, 2012, 05:22 PM
Soooooooooooooo, how would you do this? Which is the divisor?

Its 60

Wondergirl
Jun 5, 2012, 05:24 PM
Which number goes where?
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Wondergirl
Jun 5, 2012, 05:25 PM
divided-by number = divisor

60 = dividend

roper 123
Jun 5, 2012, 05:31 PM
60 goes inside the bar thing and you can't divide decimals so u would to the Texas two step and then 6o would be in the box and outside the box would be 012

roper 123
Jun 5, 2012, 05:33 PM
divided-by number = divisor

60 = dividend

60 goes inside the bar thing and you can't divide decimals so u would to the Texas two step and then 6o would be in the box and outside the box would be 012

Wondergirl
Jun 5, 2012, 05:33 PM
So then what would you do with the decimal in the divisor before you can divide?

roper 123
Jun 5, 2012, 05:34 PM
So then what would you do with the decimal in the divisor before you can divide?

Move it over 2 times to the right

Wondergirl
Jun 5, 2012, 05:37 PM
And then what happens with the dividend under the hood? What number do you end up with?