3.7/2 = 1.85 2 goes into 3 1 time. you have a remainder of 1 That one gets a 7 after it now you have 17 2 goes into 17 8 times remainder of 1 bring down the 0 that's there, but is not shown because it's not important in standard form or decimals. You get 10 and that's 5 so you have 1.85 1.85$