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?

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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) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If you have 20.00 how many sodas can i buy at 1.25 each, just divide 20.00 by 1.25:
20.00%2F1.25=2000%2F125=16
long division:
20.00%2F1.25...first multiply both by 100 to get whole numbers
%2820.00%2A100%29%2F%281.25%2A100%29

=2000%2F125 When you are dividing, you look to see how many times 125 goes into each of the digits of the dividend 2000.
125 goes into 2 zero times. Move to the next digit of the dividend, and you have 20. 125 goes into 20 zero times too. Move to the next digit of the dividend, and you have 200. 125 goes into 200 one time. So far you have
-------(1
125%7C+2000....1%2A125=125; write it under 200 and subtract
--------125
-------------------------
---------75................add last zero from 2000
---------750...........125 goes into 750 6 times, so add 6 next to 1 above 2000 and you have

------(16.............your result
125%7C+2000....
--------125
-------------------------subtract
---------75............
---------750..........6%2A125=750; write it under 750 and subtract
---------750......... subtract
-----------0.........reminder
so,2000%2F125=16