What are the partial products of 74.4 divided by 12 = 6.2
In the context of division, partial products typically refer to an intermediate step in the traditional long division process. However, when dealing with division as in your example (74.4 divided by 12 = 6.2), the term "partial products" may not be the most appropriate term to use. Instead, we generally discuss the quotient, dividend, divisor, and remainders, if any.
Nevertheless, to explain what happens in a division problem step by step, we can attempt to outline the process as though we are dealing with partial products. Here's how you would divide 74.4 by 12 to get 6.2:
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6.2
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12 | 74.4
-72 (12 * 6 = 72)
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24 (74 - 72 = 2, brought down the next digit, which is 4)
- 24 (12 * 2 = 24)
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0.4 (24.4 - 24 = 0.4, the decimal is moved up)
- 0.0 (12 * 0 = 0, but we need to consider the decimal)
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0.4 (0.4 - 0.0 = 0.4)
- 0.4 (12 * 0.0333... ≈ 0.4, this is an approximation)
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0 (0.4 - 0.4 = 0, no remainder)
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Please note that in the last step, I had to approximate the multiplication because the actual number 0.0333... (representing 2/60) goes on infinitely when written in decimal form. The division process stops here because we have reached a remainder close to zero.
So your "partial products" in the sense of the numbers that are subtracted at each step during the division are approximately 72, 24, and 0.4. These represent the closest multiples of 12 that were subtracted from the dividend during the division process to reach the quotient of 6.2.