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Divide and Conquer: Mental Division 95<br />

5 8 .625 (5 1 8 5 .125 .625) 6 8 3 4 .75<br />

7 8 .875 (7 1 7 .125 .875)<br />

8<br />

The ninths have a magic all their own:<br />

1 9 .1 2 9 .2 3 9 .3 4 9 .4<br />

5 9 .5 6 9 .6 7 9 .7 8 9 .8<br />

where the bar indicates that the decimal repeats. For instance,<br />

4 9 .4 .444. . . . The tenths you already know:<br />

1<br />

2<br />

3<br />

.10 .20 .30<br />

1 0<br />

1 0<br />

1 0<br />

4<br />

5<br />

6<br />

.40 .50 .60<br />

1 0<br />

1 0<br />

1 0<br />

7<br />

8<br />

9<br />

.70 .80 .90<br />

1 0<br />

1 0<br />

1 0<br />

For the elevenths, if you remember that 1<br />

11 .0909, the rest is<br />

easy:<br />

1<br />

2<br />

.09 .0909 ... .18 (2 .0909)<br />

1 1<br />

1 1<br />

3<br />

4<br />

5<br />

.27 (3 .0909) .36 .45<br />

1 1<br />

1 1<br />

1 1

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