Well, for a start both those numbers are wrong ...
It's either 250.181818... or 250 remainder 2.
But to illustrate, imagine you have 9 apples and want to divide them into 4 equal piles. Well, you get four piles of two apples each and one left over (the remainder). The decimal representation is given by cutting the remaining apple into four pieces to make the four piles all equal - ie. a quarter each or 0.25
Now imagine you have 2752 apples and want 11 equal piles ...
Posted By: BerlinCanary on May 24th 2007 at 22:10:54
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- Maths help please (General Chat) - Bonjour, May 24, 21:28:09
- meant divided by 13 and not 11!! (n/m) (General Chat) - Bonjour, May 24, 22:34:01
- Well, for a start both those numbers are wrong ... (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 24, 22:10:54
- Check out the big brain on BC. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, May 24, 22:13:17
- scouse git (n/m) (General Chat) - lovely old job, May 24, 22:14:35
- I've got some lovely chum for Sunday. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, May 24, 22:17:37
- don't leave it outside it's going to piss down & then blow away. (n/m) (General Chat) - lovely old job, May 24, 22:18:49
- I've got some lovely chum for Sunday. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, May 24, 22:17:37
- scouse git (n/m) (General Chat) - lovely old job, May 24, 22:14:35
- Check out the big brain on BC. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, May 24, 22:13:17
- You're not one of NU's actuarial students by any chance. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, May 24, 22:06:24
- No he's Indian (n/m) (General Chat) - lovely old job, May 24, 22:15:31
- I work at NU (General Chat) - conker, May 24, 22:10:42
- Go back to Conquest (n/m) (General Chat) - lovely old job, May 24, 22:12:22
- NOOOOOOOOOOOOO (n/m) (General Chat) - conker, May 24, 22:12:52
- Go back to Conquest (n/m) (General Chat) - lovely old job, May 24, 22:12:22
- if u have a scientific calculator... (General Chat) - steven, May 24, 21:52:59
- 2752/11 equals (unequivocally) (General Chat) - Tomblander, May 24, 21:51:47
- I thought I knew the answer............. (n/m) (General Chat) - shoddy, May 24, 22:10:50
- rofl (General Chat) - Fuel_rox, May 24, 21:55:45
- I know that one (General Chat) - conker, May 24, 22:01:50
- whoooooooooooooo (n/m) (General Chat) - Fuel_rox, May 24, 22:10:58
- I know that one (General Chat) - conker, May 24, 22:01:50
- i make it 250.18 on the calculator! (n/m) (General Chat) - Danny, May 24, 21:46:53
- and 250 r2 on paper (n/m) (General Chat) - Danny, May 24, 21:49:09
- dont use a calculator.... (General Chat) - Klobo04, May 24, 21:39:57
- It's annoying though especially when having to try and tell kids what (General Chat) - Bonjour, May 24, 21:42:04
- you need to ask a teacher (General Chat) - Fuel_rox, May 24, 21:48:25
- would help if you learned to use a calculator... (General Chat) - Mastiff, May 24, 21:46:37
- ironically, would help if I could type (General Chat) - Mastiff, May 24, 21:48:45
- For starters (General Chat) - Iwan Husarmi, May 24, 21:46:23
- It's annoying though especially when having to try and tell kids what (General Chat) - Bonjour, May 24, 21:42:04
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