Question

How do you find `1/10`th of a number?

Answer 1

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Explanation:

Finding `1/10` of a number is the same as dividing it by `10`.

To find a tenth of something simply multiply it by `1/10` and then simplify. That will be a tenth of it:

• What is `1/10` of `20`?

`20` can be put over `1`, since anything divided by `1` is itself. So do that and multiply:

`1/10 xx 20/1 rarr 20/10 rarr 2`

Here are a couple more examples:

• What is `1/10` of `45`?

`1/10 xx 45/1 rarr 45/10 rarr 4.5`

• What is `1/10` of `896`?

`1/10 xx 896/1 rarr 896/10 rarr 89.6`

So as you can see, all you have to do is divide the number by 10 and you've found one tenth of it.