Question

The carnival committee has purchased 985 small prizes the prizes are to be divided equally among the 20 game booths. In what place will the first digit of the quotient be

Answer 1

Tens

Explanation:

We are given that

Number of purchased small prizes=985

Total number of game booths=20

We have to find place of first digit of quotient.

To find the place of first digit we will divide the 985 by 20

Because 985 small prizes distributed equally among 20 game booths.

We have to numerator=985

Denominator=20

Quotient=
`(985)/(20)=49.25`

The number of prizes is always a natural number.

Therefore, each game booth receive 49 small prizes.

Hence, place of first digit=tens