Question

What is 2000 divided by 2 equal to?

Answer 1

Hint: In the above problem, we have to find the result of 2000 by 2. When we divide 2000 by 2 then 2000 is completely divisible by 2 because the unit digit of 2000 is an even number. There is a divisibility rule of 2 which says that if the unit digit of any number is even then that number is completely divisible by 2. Now, using a long division method, divide 2000 by 2 and get the final result.

Complete step-by-step answer:
In the above problem, we are asked to find the result of the division of 2000 by 2.
There is an important thing here which will make our calculations faster as the unit digit of 2000 is an even number so the number 2000 will be completely divisible by 2 and we will get remainder as 0.
Now, dividing 2000 by 2 by long division method we get,
$2\stackrel{}{\overline{)2000}}$
First of all, we are going to divide 2 in 2000 by 2 which will give the quotient as 1 and the division will look as follows:
$2\stackrel{1}{\stackrel{―}{)\begin{array}{rl}& 2000\\ & \underset{―}{2}\\ & 0\end{array}}}$
Now, carry the 0 which is written after 2 and dividing 2 by that 0 and we get,
$2\stackrel{10}{\overline{)\begin{array}{rl}& 2000\\ & \underset{―}{2}\\ & 00\\ & \underset{―}{00}\\ & 00\end{array}}}$
Similarly, carrying the remaining zeros and dividing 2 by those zeros will give zeros as the quotient and we get,
$2\stackrel{1000}{\overline{)\begin{array}{rl}& 2000\\ & \underset{―}{2}\\ & 00\\ & \underset{―}{00}\\ & 0000\end{array}}}$
From the above division, we got the quotient as 1000. Hence, dividing 2000 by 2 will give 1000 as the answer.

Note: The alternate approach to the above problem is as follows:
We are going to write the division expression 2000 by 2 in the fraction form as follows:
${\displaystyle \frac{2000}{2}}$
Whenever you will find zeros as a number then divide the number which is written before the zeros and the quotient will be the result of the division of that number written before zeros with the divisor and then put all the zeros after the result of that division.
So, the number before the three zeros is 2 so dividing 2 by 2 we get 1 and then putting the three zeros after the number 1 we get,
1000