Evaluate:
`16.50 div 132 `

Answer

To evaluate \( 16.50 \div 132 \), we will follow these steps:

### Step 1: Set up the division
We start by setting up the division of \( 16.50 \) by \( 132 \). We can rewrite \( 16.50 \) as \( 1650 \) (by moving the decimal point two places to the right) and we will keep track of the decimal point in our answer later.

### Step 2: Perform the division
Now we divide \( 1650 \) by \( 132 \).

1. **Determine how many times \( 132 \) fits into \( 165 \)** (the first three digits of \( 1650 \)):
- \( 132 \) goes into \( 165 \) **1** time.
- Multiply \( 132 \times 1 = 132 \).
- Subtract \( 165 - 132 = 33 \).

2. **Bring down the next digit (which is 0)**:
- Now we have \( 330 \).

3. **Determine how many times \( 132 \) fits into \( 330 \)**:
- \( 132 \) goes into \( 330 \) **2** times.
- Multiply \( 132 \times 2 = 264 \).
- Subtract \( 330 - 264 = 66 \).

4. **Bring down the next digit (which is another 0)**:
- Now we have \( 660 \).

5. **Determine how many times \( 132 \) fits into \( 660 \)**:
- \( 132 \) goes into \( 660 \) **5** times.
- Multiply \( 132 \times 5 = 660 \).
- Subtract \( 660 - 660 = 0 \).

### Step 3: Finalize the answer
Now that we have completed the division, we can see that there is no remainder. The result of the division is \( 12.5 \) (since we moved the decimal point two places to the left when we multiplied \( 16.50 \) by \( 100 \)).

Thus, the final answer is:
\[ \frac{16.50}{132} = 0.125 \]