Decide where the first digit of the quotient should be placed. Do not complete the division. The first digit in the quotient of 1.593 ÷ 64 is in place.

Respuesta :

9514 1404 393

Answer:

  hundredths place

Step-by-step explanation:

When performing long division, the first digit of the quotient appears over the least significant digit of the first portion of the dividend that is greater than or equal to the divisor.

Here, when performing long division we compare ...

  64 vs 1 . . . no quotient digit

  64 vs 15 . . . no quotient digit

  64 vs 159 . . . the first quotient digit appears with the same place value as the 9 in 1.59. That is, the first quotient digit will be 0.02, 2 in the hundredths place.

Answer:

hundreths place

Step-by-step explanation: