Natasha and Jorge were asked to find the quotient to the decimal division problem 18.8 divided by 1.6

Question

Natasha says her answer is 11.75, Jorge says his answer is 1.175, who is correct?

Answer 1

To find the quotient of \( 18.8 \) divided by \( 1.6 \), we can perform the division:

\[ \frac{18.8}{1.6} \]

To simplify the calculation, we can eliminate the decimal points by multiplying both the numerator and the denominator by \( 10 \):

\[ \frac{18.8 \times 10}{1.6 \times 10} = \frac{188}{16} \]

Now, we can divide \( 188 \) by \( 16 \):

\[ 188 \div 16 = 11.75 \]

So, the correct answer to \( 18.8 \div 1.6 \) is \( 11.75 \).

Thus, Natasha is correct, and Jorge's answer of \( 1.175 \) is incorrect.