Question

Find: $3.97÷10$

Answer 1

State the given expression and simplify:

The given expression is $3.97÷10$.

Then, it can be simplified as,

$3.97÷10=\frac{3.97}{10}$ $\left[\because a÷b=\frac{a}{b}\right]$

$\Rightarrow 3.97÷10=0.397$ [ Sine, on dividing a decimal number by a multiple of $10$, the decimal shifts to left. ]

Hence, the value of $\mathbf{3}\mathbf{.}\mathbf{97}\mathbf{÷}\mathbf{10}\mathbf{=}\mathbf{0}\mathbf{.}\mathbf{397}$.