Divide 24 by 0.03?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-08T17:05:44

$800$

Dividing by $0.03$ is the same as multiplying by $33 1/3$ .

You can do either in a calculator, and your answer will be $800$ .

Answer 2 · 2018-05-08T17:08:32

$800$

To do this without a calculator, you must rephrase the question. Instead of doing $24/0.03$ , rewrite this as

$24 / (3/100)$

When dividing by a fraction, you can rewrite the division as a multiplication, just by swapping the numerator and denominator- this turns into

$24 times 100/3$

$100/3 times 24$

is the same as

$8 times 100 = 800$