How do you simplify $0.5 div 0.001$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-07-14T16:56:43

$500$

Rewrite both decimals as fractions.

$0.5 = 1/2$ and $0.001 = 1/1000$

$1/2 divide 1/1000$

Dividing by a fraction is the same as multiplying by the reciprocal (switch the numerator and denominator).

$1/2 times 1000/1$

$(1times1000)/(2times1)$

$1000/2$

$500$

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