Question

How do you find the quotient of 22.4 divided by 0.5?

Answer 1

The "quotient" is the result of the division operation.
`44.8`

Explanation:

For this example:
`22.4/0.5` ;`22.4` is the numerator, and `0.5` is the denominator.

In long-division form it looks like this:
`" Quotient"`
`0.5|bar22.4`

To do a long division we move the decimal point of the denominator to make it a whole number, and move the numerator a corresponding amount to keep it equal.
`5|bar224`
This is like writing the original ratio or fraction form as:
`224/5`
Performing the division we obtain: `44.8`