Question

What is $1.5$ divided into $3 = ?$

Answer 1

Hint: The given question is the simple division problem. In this question, we have to find the one point five divided into three. However, it might be understood as one point five divided into three parts. But in this problem, the number three is divided by $1.5$. Therefore understanding the question accurately is important here.

Complete step-by-step solution:
In the given problem, we have to find the value $1.5$ divided into three.
That does not mean the number $1.5$ is divided into three equal parts.
It means that divide the given number three by $1.5$
It can be written as, $\dfrac{3}{{1.5}}$
And the other data in this given question is it has a decimal point.
The division by the decimal is simple and complicated to solve.
But easily we can do that, multiply a numerator and denominator by the power of ten.
That we could be known by the number of decimals.
 In the given problem, there is no decimal point in the numerator and one decimal point in the denominator.
Therefore multiply the numerator and denominator by the same term ten power one.
And therefore, the ten power one is equal to ten.
${10^1} = 10$
Now multiply the numerator and denominator by ten power one.
We get
$\dfrac{3}{{1.5}} \times \dfrac{{{{10}^1}}}{{{{10}^1}}}$
Now, simplify this we get
$\dfrac{3}{{1.5}} \times \dfrac{{10}}{{10}}$
Now by the multiplication, we get,
 $\dfrac{3}{{1.5}} \times \dfrac{{10}}{{10}} = \dfrac{{30}}{{15}}$
Now simplify the term we get,
$\dfrac{{30}}{{15}} = 2$
Therefore the solution for this problem is $2$.
Hence, one point five divided into three is two.
Hence, the solution is two.

Note: In the given problem is a simple division problem. But a question like this can easily be misinterpreted. However, it might be understood as one point five into three groups. But it means to divide the number three by one point five. Therefore it is important to understand the question in a correct way.