Question

When dividing 592 by 9.25, how many zeros will be placed in the dividend?

Answer 1

The answer is b (2) zeros because there are two numbers behind the decimal [welp i hope that helps]

Answer 2

No doubt, the expeced answer is 2. This is because you would ordinarily change the problem to 59200/925 for long division by hand.

For this quotient, you don't need any, because the quotient is 64, a multiple of 4, so the numbers being subtracted are always integers.

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If you were dividing 591 by 9.25, you would need an infinite number of zeros—because the decimal portion of the quotient is a repeating decimal with a period of 3 digits.