Friday, July 23, 2010

How to divide

How to divide:Let us learn how to divide.Division means divide the groups into the equal parts. Division is similar to subtraction and opposite to multiplication. For example Ravi has 12 chocolates in hand. Ravi has two brothers and one sister. How to divide the chocolates are equal to each other. Each person gets 3 (12 /4) chocolates to each other. Here we do divide the groups (12) into equal (3) parts.Let us learn how to divide Decimals.Decimal number is a number. It must divided in to two parts. It’s known as whole number part and a fractional part. The dot (.) is calling the decimal point. Here we are going to learn about “how do divide decimals works”

Example: 841.125.

* Here the 8 represent 800.
* 4 represent 40.
* 1 represents 1 unit.
* 1 represent tenth place.
* 2 represent hundredths Place.
* Second 5 represent thousandths place.In the next Blog we will learn about How to divide fractions.Hope you like the above example of How to divide.Please leave your comments, if you have any doubts.

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