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i need help !!
02-20-2007, 05:54 PM
HELP ME Answer these questions and explain how you got the answers:D 0.6 - 0.22 =

i have more questions 0.5 - 0.12 =

0.7 - 0.36 =

0.9 - 0.15 =

Temperal
02-20-2007, 05:57 PM
Multiply everything by 100.

60-22=38

Then, divide the answer by 100.
0.38

Do the others by yourself.

Of course, you don't have to do this, but you probably will have trouble otherwise.

i need help !!
02-20-2007, 05:59 PM
0.5 is now 0.50 amd 0.12 is 0.12 - 0.38 !! YAY !! TY YOUR the best !!

i need help !!
02-20-2007, 06:00 PM
w00t w00t

Temperal
02-20-2007, 06:01 PM
Huh? Wait, no.

0.5 times 100 is 50.

0.12 times 100 is 12.

If you have 0.5-0.12,
you then get 50-12.
Then, once you do the minusing (bad grammar), you get 38.
38 divided by 100 is 0.38.

Get it?

Sillysidley
02-20-2007, 08:05 PM
You don't need to multiply by a 100, just line up the decimals, and subtract regularly. Just drop the decimal to the correct space in the answer.

Temperal
02-21-2007, 09:48 AM
It would make it easier for her (him?), somedude!
Remember back in second and third grade when you were probably learning this stuff?

Sillysidley
02-21-2007, 04:24 PM
Uh, I don't think I could multiply by 100 in 2nd grade...

Temperal
02-21-2007, 04:38 PM
All you have to do is move the decimal point! I learned that in first grade!

By the way, read my private message!

Scion
02-27-2007, 03:21 PM
ever heard of a calculator

Temperal
03-05-2007, 09:05 PM
How about this:

In a-b, where a is a one digit decimal and b is a multiple digit one, tack a few zeroes onto a until it has the same number [of digits] as b.