Dividing by decimals

The video tutorial helps a tailor determine how many dresses can be made from a piece of cloth by dividing the total cloth length by the cloth needed per dress. It explains handling decimal numbers in division by converting the divisor into a whole number, then performing the division step-by-step. The process involves examining digits, multiplying, subtracting, and repeating until the quotient is found, which gives the number of dresses possible.

What is the initial problem the tailor is trying to solve?

• How many dresses can be made from a specific length of cloth

• How to measure cloth

• How to cut cloth into pieces

• How to sew a dress

What is the first step in dividing decimal numbers?

• Multiply the numbers

• Add the numbers

• Move the decimal point to make the divisor a whole number

• Subtract the numbers

Why do we multiply both the dividend and divisor by 100 in this example?

• To make the divisor a whole number

• To reduce the number of steps

• To make the dividend larger

• To simplify the multiplication

What do you do after examining the first three digits of the dividend?

• Add them to the divisor

• Ignore them

• Multiply them by 10

• Write the quotient on top and multiply by the divisor

What is the final result of the division process in this example?

• 19 dresses

• 18 dresses

• 20 dresses

• 15 dresses