Teesha Block Wrote:I got to this point on a problem and am wondering if there is a simple way to simply it. Please help. Thanks!!!
207 / 1.15
if you have a decimal in the denominator of a fraction, do one of the following (they're equivalent, so do whichever you're more comfortable with):
1) multiply by a power of 10 big enough to clear the decimal;
2) make the decimal points on the top and bottom 'dance' the same number of places in parallel. (if there's no decimal point, as in the numerator of your fraction, then put one at the end.)
if you like #1 better, then multiply both sides of the fraction by 100 (because the bottom has hundredths in it). if you like #2 better, then make both decimal places 'dance' two steps to the right.
in either case, you'll get 20700 / 115, whereupon long division yields 180.