Question

$$\frac{ 0.5 }{ 0.8 }$$

Answer

0.625

Solution


Shift the decimals of both 0.5 and 0.8 to the right by 1 decimal place. (This is needed to convert 0.8 to 8, since long division must divide by a whole number.)
\[5\div 8\]
Use the algorithm method.
0.625
8|5.
4.8
20
16
40
40
Therefore, \(0.5\div 0.8=0.625\).
\[0.625\]