Why does dividing by 10 shift each digit one place to the right? clear check a(each digit represents 10 less. b(each digit represents 10 more. c(each digit represents 110110 of its previous value. d(each digit represents 10 times its original value.

If we divide 123 b 10 we get 12.3

Consider the 1 in 123. It represents 100. After we divide the 1 in 12.3 now represents 10.

The 2 in 123 represents 20 but after the division the 2 in 12.3 now represents 10.

Therefore each digit after the division represents 1/10 of what it did. Put another way each digit in the answer represents 10 times less.