12 Stretch Your Thinking Look at the division problem

112 / 0.056. Without solving, how many zeros will be

in the quotient? How do you know?

Respuesta :

[tex]\boldsymbol{\mathbf{Answer}}[/tex]

[tex]\boldsymbol{\mathbf{ 000\, zeros \,will \,be \,in\, quotient }}[/tex]

[tex]\boldsymbol{\mathbf{Step-by-step explanation}}[/tex]

Given,

[tex]\frac{112}{0.056}[/tex]

We know that,  [tex] {56} \times{ 2}[/tex] = 112.

Imagine 1000 is multiplied to numerator and denominator.

Then, we have

=  [tex]\frac{112000}{56}[/tex]

So quotient will be 2000

[tex]\boldsymbol{\mathbf{So\, there \,are\, three \,zeros\, in\, quotient}}[/tex]