Understand the problem: Understand the problem.We need to divide 31.5 by 10.
Convert to fraction: Convert the division into a fraction. 31.5÷10 can be written as (31.5)/(10).
Remove decimal: Multiply the numerator by 10 to remove the decimal.1031.5 can be rewritten as 10315 because we move the decimal one place to the right in the numerator to get a whole number.
Simplify fraction: Simplify the fraction by dividing both the numerator and the denominator by 10. (315)/(10)×(1)/(10) is not the correct next step. We should divide 315 by 10 directly.
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