Question

What number would you multiply the dividend and divisor by to make 5.72 ÷ 0.52 easier to divide ?

Answer 1

10

You can multiply both the divisor and the dividend by 10 to make it easier to divide

Explanation:

we can arrange the division equation in a more suitable format that shows the dividend and the divisor. this is

`(5.72)/(0.52)`

To simplify this division problem, we will have to make the two parts to be whole numbers

From this, what will help us know the factor to muliply both dividend and divisor by is by looking at their decimal places.

We can see that they both have two decimal places, hence multiplying both of them by a 10 will make them whole numbers.

Thus we will have

`(5.72 * 10)/(0.52 * 10)= (572)/(52)= 11`