Question

$$5/0.01$$

Answer

500

Solution


Shift the decimals of both 5 and 0.01 to the right by 2 decimal places. (This is needed to convert 0.01 to 1, since long division must divide by a whole number.)
\[500\div 1\]
Use the algorithm method.
500
1|500
5
00
Therefore, \(5\div 0.01=500\).
\[500\]