How do you simplify 3.7 div 1.1?

2 Answers
Jun 25, 2017

\approx3.36363 (if you want less digits then 3.364)

Explanation:

First option
Rounding. 1.1\approx1.0
3.7\div1.0=4.0, so 3.7\div1.1\approx3.7
This is off by a pretty large interval, so it's better to use the second option.

Second option
Long division. See this link

Jun 25, 2017

See explanation.

Explanation:

You can write this quotient as a fraction by multiplying both numerator and denominator by 10:

3.7/1.1=(3.7xx10)/(1.1xx10)=37/11=1 4/11