SOLUTION: If I have 20.00 how many sodas can i buy at 1.25 each? I know the answer is 16, but how do I show my work?

Question 1001386: If I have 20.00 how many sodas can i buy at 1.25 each? I know the answer is 16, but how do I show my work?
Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If you have how many sodas can i buy at each, just divide by :

long division:
...first multiply both by to get whole numbers

= When you are dividing, you look to see how many times goes into each of the digits of the dividend .
goes into zero times. Move to the next digit of the dividend, and you have . goes into zero times too. Move to the next digit of the dividend, and you have . goes into one time. So far you have
-------(1
....; write it under and subtract
--------125
-------------------------
---------75................add last zero from
---------750........... goes into times, so add next to above and you have

------(16.............your result
....
--------125
-------------------------subtract
---------75............
---------750..........; write it under and subtract
---------750......... subtract
-----------0.........reminder
so,

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