User:Borgwars

Example 1   1 / 3 three doesn't go into one, so we have to split the 3 against the 1 to make 3 equal amounts.

1 * 10 = 10 when you get a number that you can't divide equally against you times it by 10 and then divide it by 10 after so that you can divide it without it being a decimal and makes it easier to show workings.

10 / 3 = 3 (with 1 left over)

so the first decimal place is 0.3 now the next stage is to do the same with the spare 1 (that was left over), do the same as you did with the first calculation.

10 / 3 = 3 (with 1 left over), the answer is so far 0.33 and will as you can see countinue to be 3; this is called reaccuring, when a number repeats itself and never stops with that pattern or sequense.

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Example 2 

21 / 47

21 * 10

210 / 47 = 4 and 22 left over. easiest way to calculate 210 / 47 is to find the nearest multiple; so i took 40 and found 200 as it's nearest multiple to 210 then i took the 7 and timed it 5 times as that's how many i had timed the 40 by and it wasn't right so i went down to the next multiple and i was right. You then need to work out how much you have left over, take away the sum of your current calculation from what you divided it by in this case: 210 - 188 = 22

22 / 47 Don't get confused here, all you need to do is follow the same rule through-out. To make it easier 22 * 10 = 220

220 / 47 = 4 and 32 left over.

32 * 10 = 320

320 / 47 = 6 and 38 left over.

38 * 10 = 380

38 / 47 = 8 and 4 left over

4 * 10 = 40

40 / 47 ? now at this point it gets confusing but if you want to continue then divide by 100 not 10 (for this calculation only) and you also have to remember where the decemal places are, so divide by 100 to get the correct answer.

4 * 100 = 400

400 / 47 = 8 with 26 left over.

I will end the example there to show you how you would put all of these answers together. You need to put them in order from left to right as the answers come.

Answer : 0.446808

The reason why (from the last calculation) the 8 is 08 in the answer is because of the divide by 100 rather than 10 so there is a 0 put there just like at the start 0; every time you divide by 10 in your calculations you are dividing by 10 in your answer.