Question

How do you simplify `50 div 0.02`?

Answer 1

`5000/2 = 2500`

Explanation:

We need to change the calculation so we are not dividing by a decimal.
Multiply the numerator and denominator by 100.
This is the same as multiplying by 1, so we will not change the value, but only what the numbers look like.

`50/0.02 xx 100/100 = 5000/2`

Now we are dividing by a whole number and not a decimal.

`5000/2 = 2500`