Question

Divide $37.96÷7.3$

Answer 1

Division of decimal number by a decimal:

Move the decimal point in the divisor all the way to the right to make it a whole number.

Move the decimal point in the dividend to the same number of places,

$$\begin{gathered} \Rightarrow 37.96÷7.3=\frac{37.96}{7.3} \\ \Rightarrow \frac{379.6}{73} \end{gathered}$$

Here, we have

$\Rightarrow \frac{379.6}{73}=5.2$

Hence, the required result is $5.2$.