Dividing Decimal Fractions: Dividing Decimals: Four Different Outcomes
This clip presents four different outcomes that may occur when dividing decimals: The first possibility is that the division comes out even "just as it stands, with no remainder." The second possibility is that the division comes out even only after...
Dividing Decimal Fractions: Figuring to a Given Number of Decimal Places
This clip explains how to approach division of decimals when accuracy is expected to a given number of decimal places. "However many decimal places you want," the clip states, "
if rounding off is required, you must figure out one more and then rou...
Changing Fractions to Decimals: Changing Fractions to Decimals
This clip explains that changing fractions to decimals is quite different from changing decimals to fractions. It takes us through the process of dividing the numerator by the denominator and asks the question: "How accurate do we want the answer? D...
Square Roots: Useful Trick Involving Square Roots, A
This clip explains what it calls a useful trick that makes it possible for us to get "
extra mileage out of the square root table." The clip says that if we can factor a number into smaller factors, we can find its square root by multiplying togeth...