I'm not sure how to solve the following problem: If you divide 1/10 of a dollar into parts that are each 1/100 of a dollar, how many parts are there? What are they called?
To solve, would part of the answer be that i would have 10 parts of 1/100 (because I divide 100 by 10 and each part has to be 1/100). Not sure what this would be called.
When you answer, can you please explain how you got the answer so i can understand?
Yes, you're right.
A dollar is divided into 100 coins called ____?______.
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That's the same thing i'm looking for.
To solve this problem, let's break it down step by step.
First, you are asked to divide 1/10 of a dollar into parts that are each 1/100 of a dollar. To start, we need to find out how many of these smaller parts are there.
To calculate the number of parts, we need to divide the larger fraction (1/10) by the smaller fraction (1/100). To divide fractions, we can multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction.
So, we have: (1/10) ÷ (1/100) = (1/10) * (100/1)
Multiplying the numerators (1 * 100) and the denominators (10 * 1), we get: 100/10 = 10.
Therefore, dividing 1/10 of a dollar into parts that are each 1/100 of a dollar gives us a total of 10 parts.
Now, let's move on to the second part of the question, which asks what these parts are called. In the context of currency, each 1/100 of a dollar is called a cent. So, in this problem, the parts would be called cents.
To summarize, when you divide 1/10 of a dollar into parts that are each 1/100 of a dollar, you would have 10 parts, and these parts would be called cents.