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To divide 10,051 by 4,37 I write thus:
4370) 10051 (2,3 8740
13110 13110
0
That is, I add a cipher to 4,37 hundredths, to make them thousandths, because there are thousandths in the dividend.
In the above sum, the answer is, 2 wholes and 3 tenths.
Again, divide 154,3 by 21,26.
2126) 15430 (7,25 14882
5480 4252
12280 10630
1650 remainder.
The answer is 7 wholes, and 25 hundredths. It is unnecessary to carry the remainder to any lower fraction.
Divide 36,75 by 8,4 460,8 by 46,54 84,968 by 8,68 166,14 by 19,762 86,4 by 4,86