How do you simplify $3.18/2$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-02-04T14:55:23

$3.18 div 2 =1.59$

$3.18/2 = 3.18 div 2$

Just start to divide the bottom number into the first.

$2| ul(3.18 )$

2 goes into 3, one time with 1 left over. Write the decimal point.
Carry the 1 to the next digit on the right to make $11$

$2| ul(3.^1 18)$
$color(white)(....)1.$

Then how many times does 2 go into 11? 5 times with one left over.

$2| ul(3.^1 1^1 8)$
$color(white)(.....)1.""5$

Carry the 1 to the right and you make 18.
How many times does 2 go into 18? 9 times.

$2| ul(3.^1 1^1 8)$
$color(white)(....)1." "5""9$

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