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 the A ones B tens C hundreds D thousand

Answer 1

To determine where the first digit of the quotient for $2,370÷24$ should be placed, we can start by estimating the division without doing the actual calculation.

1. We can round $24$ to a more manageable number. In this case, rounding $24$ to $20$ may help us get an approximation.

2. Next, we divide $2,370$ by $20$: $$2,370÷20=118.5$$

3. This tells us that the quotient is somewhat close to $118$.

Now we know that $118$ in the quotient fits in the hundreds place.

Thus, the first digit of the quotient $2,370÷24$ should be placed in the C hundreds.