Question

sue's teacher asked her to find 426 divided by 10 how many places and in what direction should sue move the decimal point to get the correct quotient

Answer 1

When we divide by powers of 10, we move the decimal to the left. We move the decimal the number of zeros. Since there is 1 zero, we move the decimal 1 place to the left

426/10 = 426./10= 42.6