Divide. Round to the nearest tenth.

17/6 How do you divide 17 into 6??

5 answers

17/6 means you divide 17 by 6 , you do not "divide 17 into 6".

Long division is taught in most places by grade 4 using this method
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if you have a calculator enter
17
÷
6
=
This is a rounding quotients! Can you switch the numbers?
the actual answer is
2.833333...

rounded to the nearest tenth is 2.8

What do you mean by "Can you switch the numbers"?
6/17= 0.35294117647 ≈ 0.35
17/6