Divide. Write your answer in decimal form. 36÷40= ◻

Understand Problem: Understand the division problem. We need to divide 36 by 40 to find the quotient. Since 36 is less than 40, the quotient will be less than 1. Set Up Division: Set up the division. To divide 36 by 40, we write it as a fraction: 36/40. This can also be set up as a long division problem, where 36 is the dividend and 40 is the divisor. Simplify Fraction: Simplify the fraction. Before dividing, we can simplify the fraction by dividing both the numerator and the denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 4. So, 36/40 simplifies to 9/10. Convert to Decimal: Convert the simplified fraction to decimal. To convert 9/10 to a decimal, we divide 9 by 10. 9 divided by 10 is 0.9.

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Q. Divide.

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Write your answer in decimal form.

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36 \div 40=

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Understand Problem: Understand the division problem. $\newline$ We need to divide $36$ by $40$ to find the quotient. Since $36$ is less than $40$ , the quotient will be less than $1$ .
Set Up Division: Set up the division. $\newline$ To divide $36$ by $40$ , we write it as a fraction: $\frac{36}{40}$ . This can also be set up as a long division problem, where $36$ is the dividend and $40$ is the divisor.
Simplify Fraction: Simplify the fraction. $\newline$ Before dividing, we can simplify the fraction by dividing both the numerator and the denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is $4$ . So, $\frac{36}{40}$ simplifies to $\frac{9}{10}$ .
Convert to Decimal: Convert the simplified fraction to decimal. $\newline$ To convert $\frac{9}{10}$ to a decimal, we divide $9$ by $10$ . $9$ divided by $10$ is $0.9$ .