Division of Decimals by a Whole Number
Let’s understand how to divide a decimal by a whole number in a stepwise manner with the help of an example.
Let’s say we have to divide 21.6 by 2, then we can find the quotient and remainder using the following steps:
Step 1: We see that the first digit is similar to that of the divisor hence first divide 2 by 2. Here we write 1 as the quotient and the remainder will be zero at this step.
Step 2: Now write down the second digit 1 beside the 0 obtained in step 1. We see that 1 is less than 2 hence we can’t divide 1 by 2 therefore write 0 in the quotient.
Step 3: Before writing the third and last digit i.e. 6 from the dividend we see that there is a decimal. At this time place the decimal point in quotient.
Step 4: Now write down the third digit i.e. 6 beside 1 obtained in step 2. Now we have 16 which is to be divided by 2.
Step 5: Write 8 in the quotient and subtract 16 from 16 which gives the remainder zero.
Hence, we find that on dividing 21.6 by 2 we get 10.8 as the quotient and zero as the remainder.
Long Division Method
Long Division is a technique of dividing numbers, algebraic expressions, and decimals stepwise and sequentially. In this technique the number which is to be divided is called Dividend, the number which divides is called Divisor, the number which we get as a result of division is called a Quotient, and the number which is left as extra on dividing is called Remainder.
In this article, we will learn in detail about the long division method, the components of the long division method, the Division Algorithm, the division of numbers, decimals, and algebraic expression.
Table of Content
- What is Long Division Method?
- Components of Long Division Method
- How to do Long Division?
- Calculate Long Division of Numbers
- Long Division by 2-Digit Number
- Long Division of Polynomials
- Long Division with Decimal
- Division of Decimals by a Whole Number
- Dividing a Number to Decimal Places
- Long Division Application
- Division by Repeated Subtraction
- Division Algorithm
- Long Division Problems