This explains it:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa258274(SQL.80).aspx
For division:
[EDITED - was incorrect, apologies CFF]
scale of the result = max(6, s1 + p2 + 1)
where s1 is the scale of the numerator and p2 is the precision of the denominator.
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