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Evaluate 3/0.75: animated lesson

A narrated, step-by-step order of operations video lesson with captions. Final answer: 4.

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Video narrated by a synthetic voice (Piper TTS, en_US-ljspeech-high voice (LJ Speech dataset, public domain)); the steps come from our maths engine and the answer was checked independently. Download MP4 (0.2 MB) · Captions (WebVTT)

Steps on screen

1. The problem
Worked example
3/0.75
2. Step by step
1. $3/0.75 = 4$
  Write the decimal 3/0.75 as a fraction
2. $4$
  Final answer in lowest terms
3. The answer
$4$
3/0.75 = 4
4. Check
- Decimal check: 4 ≈ 4

Transcript

The problem. Here is the problem: 3 over 0.75. Simplify a single fraction to lowest terms.

Step by step. Write the decimal 3 over 0.75 as a fraction. Final answer in lowest terms.

The answer. So the answer is 4. Fractions are combined over a common denominator for addition and subtraction, multiplied straight across, and divided by multiplying by the reciprocal. The result is reduced by the greatest common factor.

Check. Decimal check: 4 approximately 4.

About order of operations

Evaluate expressions with brackets, powers, multiplication, division, addition and subtraction in the right order.

Evaluate 3/0.75: Order of operations Step-by-Step Lesson