If you have a two digit divisor and a three digit dividend, does the quotient always have to be the same? why?

1. The answer is no.

If you have 2 digit divisor and 3 digit dividend, you cannot assure that the number of digits in the quotient will always be the same. Because it always depends on what number you are dividing.

For example:

=> 999 / 99, where 999 is our dividend and 99 is our divisor

=> 10.09, so we have 2 digit whole number and a decimal

Now, let’s try another

=> 100 / 99, where 100 is our dividend and 99 is our divisor

=> 1.01, where we only have 1 digit whole number and a decimal.