Question

54.88 devided by 5.9. show work

Answer 1

We can remove the decimal in the divisor first:
54.88 ÷ 5.9 = (54.88 × 10) ÷ (5.9 × 10) = 548.8 ÷ 59.

Now do long division (showing main steps):

- 59 goes into 548 nine times: 9 × 59 = 531.
Subtract: 548.8 − 531 = 17.8
- Bring down a 0 (work with 178): 59 goes into 178 three times: 3 × 59 = 177.
Remainder = 1
- Bring down a 0 (10): 59 goes into 10 zero times.
Remainder = 10
- Bring down a 0 (100): 59 goes into 100 one time: 1 × 59 = 59.
Remainder = 41
- Bring down a 0 (410): 59 goes into 410 six times: 6 × 59 = 354.
Remainder = 56
- Bring down a 0 (560): 59 goes into 560 nine times: 9 × 59 = 531.
Remainder = 29

The quotient so far is 9.30169... and more digits continue (this is a repeating rational decimal).

Exact fraction form (simplified):
54.88 ÷ 5.9 = 5488/590 = 2744/295.

Decimal (approximate):
54.88 ÷ 5.9 ≈ 9.301694915254...

Rounded:
- To 4 decimal places: 9.3017
- To 3 decimal places: 9.302