When 82.5 is divided by 10, does its value decrease or increase?

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When 82.5 is divided by 10, its value decreases. Specifically, dividing by a number greater than 1 results in a smaller value.

Calculating it:

\[ \frac{82.5}{10} = 8.25 \]

So, 82.5 decreases to 8.25 when divided by 10.