1.44 ÷ 4
Today we'll divide a decimal. Four friends want to share one dollar and forty-four cents fairly. How much does each get?
We can write this as one point four four divided by four, using the long division house.
First, place a decimal point in the answer right above the one in the dividend — same place value, same spot.
Look at the ones place. Can four go into one? No — so we write zero above the one.
Now look at the tenths together with the one. How many fours fit inside fourteen?
Three! Write three in the tenths place, right above the four.
Multiply: three times four is twelve. Write twelve underneath.
Subtract: fourteen minus twelve is two.
Bring down the next digit — the four in the hundredths place — to make twenty-four.
How many fours fit inside twenty-four? Six! Write six in the hundredths place.
Multiply: six times four is twenty-four.
Twenty-four minus twenty-four is zero. No remainder!
One point four four divided by four is zero point three six. Each friend gets thirty-six cents. Awesome work!