Divide. Write your answer in decimal form. 72÷16=

Set up division problem: Set up the division problem. We want to divide 72 by 16. Calculation: 72 ÷ 16Perform division: Perform the division. Since 16 does not go into 7, we look at how many times 16 goes into 72. 16 goes into 72 four times with a remainder. Calculation: 16 × 4 = 64Find remainder: Subtract the product of 16 and 4 from 72 to find the remainder. Calculation: 72 - 64 = 8Continue division for decimal: Since there is a remainder, we need to continue the division to find the decimal. We add a decimal point to 72, making it 72.0, and bring down a zero to continue the division. Calculation: The new dividend is 80 (from the remainder of 8 and the zero brought down).Determine division with new dividend: Determine how many times 16 goes into 80. It goes exactly 5 times. Calculation: 16 × 5 = 80Find new remainder: Subtract the product of 16 and 5 from 80 to find the new remainder. Calculation: 80 - 80 = 0Write final answer: Since the remainder is 0, the division is complete. Write the final answer with the decimal. Calculation: 4.5

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Q. Divide.

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Write your answer in decimal form.

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72 \div 16=

Set up division problem: Set up the division problem. We want to divide $72$ by $16$ . $\newline$ Calculation: $72 \div 16$
Perform division: Perform the division. Since $16$ does not go into $7$ , we look at how many times $16$ goes into $72$ . $16$ goes into $72$ four times with a remainder. $\newline$ Calculation: $16 \times 4 = 64$
Find remainder: Subtract the product of $16$ and $4$ from $72$ to find the remainder. $\newline$ Calculation: $72 - 16 \times 4 = 8$
Continue division for decimal: Since there is a remainder, we need to continue the division to find the decimal. We add a decimal point to $72$ , making it $72.0$ , and bring down a zero to continue the division. $\newline$ Calculation: The new dividend is $80$ (from the remainder of $8$ and the zero brought down).
Determine division with new dividend: Determine how many times $16$ goes into $80$ . It goes exactly $5$ times. $\newline$ Calculation: $16 \times 5 = 80$
Find new remainder: Subtract the product of $16$ and $5$ from $80$ to find the new remainder. $\newline$ Calculation: $80 - 16 \times 5 = 0$
Write final answer: Since the remainder is $0$ , the division is complete. Write the final answer with the decimal. $\newline$ Calculation: $4.5$