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How do you know where to place the first digit in the quotient?
Use place value to place the first digit. Look at the first digit. If the first digit is less than the divisor, then the first digit of the quotient will be in the hundreds place. If the first digit is greater than or equal to the divisor, then the first digit of the quotient will be in the thousands place.
How do we estimate quotient?
To estimate the quotient, we first round off the divisor and the dividend to the nearest tens, hundreds, or thousands and then divide the rounded numbers. In a division sum, when the divisor is made up of 2 digits or more than 2 digits, it helps if we first estimate the quotient and then try to find the actual number.
When do you use quotient to divide numbers?
The QUOTIENT function for these same numbers =QUOTIENT (5,2) returns 2, since QUOTIENT doesn’t return a remainder. For other ways to divide numbers, see Multiply and divide numbers. Returns the integer portion of a division. Use this function when you want to discard the remainder of a division.
Can a number be divided by three digits?
If the sum of the digits in a number can be divided by three, then the number can as well. 1) The number 12. The digits 1+2=3 and 12 ÷ 3 = 4. 2) The number 1707. The digits 1+7+0+7=15, which is divisible by 3. It turns out that 1707 ÷ 3 = 569.
What’s the best way to divide a number?
More Divide by Number Tricks. Divide by 1 – Anytime you divide by 1, the answer is the same as the dividend. Divide by 2 – If the last digit in the number is even, then the entire number is divisible by 2. Remember that divide by 2 is the same as cutting something in half. Divide by 4 – If the last two digits divide by 4,…
Do you take the first digit of the dividend?
Take the first digits of the dividend, the same number of digits that the divisor has. If the number taken from the dividend is smaller than the divisor, you need to take the next digit of the dividend. Divide the first number of the dividend(or the two first numbers if the previous step took another digit) by the first digit of the divisor.