I had a very hard time figuring out 3.3, where we had to do long division with decimals. The past I struggled with the most was placing the decimal in the final answer. Mr. Minkus helped me figure it out. Since the lower number had a decimal, I had to move the decimals of both the numbers, so there were integers. After doing that, I had to calculate 3610 / 76. I started by fitting in 76 to 361. It fit in four times. Ideally, I would’ve put the decimal at the end of all the numbers, instead, I put it on top of the 1, because it was the last number of 361. I continued to do all the dividing through the problem, being sure to take Mr. Minkus’ advice by putting the result on top of the last number of the divisor. Now, long division with decimals is much easier.
Long division is used all the time on a daily basis. For example, if I had to bring in a birthday treat for the whole grade (caramel apple suckers), and I brought in 6 bags of suckers, how many would each student and teacher get. I would be able to divide all the suckers up evenly, like I did in math.