why does dividing 5 by a decimal less than 1 give a quotient greater than 5

If you divide by a decimal, you are breaking apart 1 into multiple pieces and so you are trying to find how many of that size piece will fit into 5. For example if you divide by .5 (point five), there are 2 point fives in 1 so there are 10 point fives in 5. The quotient is larger.

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dubeyshailja64 dubeyshailja64 · Answer 2 · 2022-02-20T11:27:31+01:00

Dividing 5 by a decimal less than 1 gives a quotient greater than 5 as the number will be separated in more parts.

What is division?

Division is the separation of a larger unit in smaller fractions. It is one of the 4 basic mathematical operations.

If we assume that we have 5 pieces, if we divide 1 piece per person, we can give 5 pieces to 5 persons. But if we divide say 0.50 piece per person, the same 5 piece can be distributed between 10 persons.

Dividing a number by a number less than 1 will result in more parts than the number itself.

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