Question

Jim needs to divide 762 coupon books equally among 9 stores. In which place is the first digit of the quotient? Select the word that makes the sentence true. The first digit of the quotient is in the ones place.

Answer 1

ones

Explanation:

It is given that Jim wants to divide 762 coupons equally among 9 stores.

So dividing 762 by 9, we get

`$=(762)/(9)$`

= 84.66

The position of the digit before the decimal place start with 'ones' and then proceeds to tens, hundreds, thousands, etc.

Therefore, the first digit of the quotient is in the ones place of the position value or place value.