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If you divide 781.253 by 100, what will be the place value of 2

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The answer is 781.253
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Answer:

When you divide 781.253 by 100, you get 7.81253 as the result.

The digit 2 is in the hundredths place in the dividend 781.253. Since we are dividing by 100, which has two decimal places, we move the decimal point two places to the left in the dividend to get the quotient.

Therefore, the digit 2 is in the ten-thousandths place in the quotient 7.81253.

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