Question

Estimate the quotient 43.6 divided by 8

Answer 1

The answer is 5.45. Once you estimate, it would be 5.5 for the nearest tenth.

Answer 2

`(43.6)/(8)\approx 5.4`

Explanation:

We can do an estimation of this quotient by using multiples of 8 than result around 43.

So, we know that there isn't any multiple of 8 that results in exactly 43.6, however the product 8(5)=40 is the nearest, so the quotient must have 5 as its whole part.

Now, if we subtract 43.6-40=3.6 we have this difference, which we is less than 8, however, if we add a decimal point, we can treat 3.6 as 36, and we know that 8(4)=32, this product is the nearest, therefore the next number is 4.

This means that an estimation of the quotient is 5.4