Division by units please help!
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Division by units please help!
The task is to write the answer of the division with fraction reminders.
95/6
The answer to me is 15.83 when you make 0.83 into fraction I get 83/100 The book states that the answer is 15 5/6
Anyone, any ideas please?
Thanks
C
95/6
The answer to me is 15.83 when you make 0.83 into fraction I get 83/100 The book states that the answer is 15 5/6
Anyone, any ideas please?
Thanks
C
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Re: Division by units please help!
I can see the confusion and feel I may add to it. Was it a multiple choice answer question?Cosmos wrote:The task is to write the answer of the division with fraction reminders.
95/6
The answer to me is 15.83 when you make 0.83 into fraction I get 83/100 The book states that the answer is 15 5/6
Anyone, any ideas please?
Thanks
C
95/6
I think the question would have helped if it asked to simplify the fraction into a whole number and fractional remainder, I am sure there is a better way of expressing that.
95 contains 15 lots of six ( being 90 ) and 5/6 left over (remainder).
15.83 is correct but over complicated, using long division, or looks like using a calculator and then converting back to a fraction?
Where did this question come from?
steve
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Hi Stevew61,
No it wasn't a multiple choice answer question.
I think the question would have helped if it asked to simplify the fraction into a whole number and fractional remainder
Yes, that exactly what they asked for. You divide 95/6, answer 15.83 and then you convert the decimal reminder into a fraction. How can you simplify 83/100?
This question is taken from a Carol's Vorderman's maths book.
Thanks for your time.
C
No it wasn't a multiple choice answer question.
I think the question would have helped if it asked to simplify the fraction into a whole number and fractional remainder
Yes, that exactly what they asked for. You divide 95/6, answer 15.83 and then you convert the decimal reminder into a fraction. How can you simplify 83/100?
This question is taken from a Carol's Vorderman's maths book.
Thanks for your time.
C
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