SOLUTION: My son is home with strep throut and I picked up his homework today. He is working on grade 6 math and I unfortunately am unable to help him, He is working on division. The questio

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Question 127993: My son is home with strep throut and I picked up his homework today. He is working on grade 6 math and I unfortunately am unable to help him, He is working on division. The question is to use a division rule to find each quotient. We are really struggling, can you give us an example of how to solve the problem please:
5.82 divided by 1000, and also an example 7.9 deivided by 100
We have 30 questions and no examples

Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Each time you divide by 10, you move the decimal
point 1 place to the left
divide by 10 move decimal point 1 place to left
divide by 100 move dicimal point 2 places to left
divide by 1000 move decimal point 3 places to left
etc
So, 5.82+%2F+1000 you can do one step at a time
5.82+%2F+10+=+.582
5.82+%2F+100+=+.0582
5.82+%2F+1000+=+.00582 this is your answer
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7.9+%2F+100
Take it one step at a time
7.9+%2F+10+=+.79
7.9+%2F+100+=+.079 answer