Question

Decide where the first digit of the quotient should be placed without performing division.The first digit of the quotient for 2, 370 = 24 should be in theChoose...place

Answer 1

24x100 = 2400 which is greater than 2370. Then, 2370 divided by 24 is less than 100. Therefore, the quotient will have 2 digits. This means that the first digit of the quotient for 2, 370 ÷ 24 should be in the tens place.