You want to take 837 out of 36. you can get 837 out of 3 0 times so you tack on the 6(0) you get 837 out of 36 0 times so you tack on a zero(00) Because you are adding a 0, you are now creating a decimal you get 837 out of 360 0 times so you tack on a 0 (00.0) You get 837 out of 3600 4 times so you put the 4 after the 0s (00.04) Now you multiply 4 and 837 to get 3,348 and take that away from 3600 to get 252 Not you tack on a 0. You get 837 out of 2520 3 times so you tack the 3 on behind the 4. (0.043) Because of significant digits, your answer is 0.043