i divided 60000 by 43000 ''on a calculator'' and got1.39535 but when i did it on pen and paper i got

Question

1 remainder 17000??

is there a possible way i can get 1.39535 on pen and paper without calculator?

suppose i was taking a test without a calc and i got the answer that i did the long division way? would my answer be wrong? because the calc is telling me 1.39535!

Answer 1

Stop doing division with remainders! Like i said in the previous question you asked. Look at this web site:

http://www.mathsisfun.com/long_division3.html

Answer 2

The answers are equivalent. What is meant by a remainder is this:

60000/43000 = 1.39535 = 1 17000/43000
The remainder is just the fraction left over after whole number division. You can keep dividing with pencil and paper to get the decimal equivalent if you wish.

Answer 3

Well, yes.
Divide 17000 (the reminder) by 4300 (1/10 of 43000), and you will get 3 remainder 4100. The 3 is actually 0.3 because you divided by 1/10 the original divisor. So now you have 1.3, and you divide 4100 by 430 (1/100 of 43000) the see how many hundredth you have. Turns out you have 9, with a remainder of 230, so by then your answer is 1.39, and you can move on to the 1/1000 decimal place.
Keep going until your have zero remainder or are fed up of getting more decimal places...

Answer 4

You just didn't complete the long division. The calculator did. You need to keep going with your long division until you've come up with answer. (Assuming that's what your teacher is looking for.) If you do, you will find that the remainder of 17000 divided by your original 43000 comes out to .39535. So essentially, the answer is the same. It depends on what your teacher wants you to do.

Answer 5

You stopped your paper calculation too soon. You got the first number (the 1) and next you are going to bring down another zero and divide 170 by 43 which gives you the 3 of the answer. That gives you a remainder of 41 and you bring down another zero to get a 9 and bring down a zero and so on till you get all the digits you want. Why did you think you stop after the first part?

Answer 6

Only division in elementary school uses remainders. You just continue the division beyond the decimal point and pretend they're whole numbers.

1.39535
43000 60000
43000
170000
129000
410000
387000
230000
...etc

get it, Just keep adding zeros and divide.

Answer 7

You did something wrong in your manual calculations because the correct answer is 1.39535 etc., double check all your work, make sure you just didn't make a simple mistake.

Answer 8

Here are two words you should have more than a passing familiarity with: LONG DIVISION.

Divide 17 into 43. Keep going past the decimal point.