Dividing by 10, 100 and 1 000

Dividing by 10
When you divide a decimal number by 10 you move all the digits one place to the right. The number becomes 10 times smaller.
Example    3 502 ÷ 10 = 350.2
You can see that the digits move along to the right. Thousands move to Hundreds, and the others follow like this:

Dividing by 100
When you divide a decimal number by 100 you move all the digits two places to the right. The number becomes 100 times smaller.
Example    3 502 ÷ 100 = 35.02

Dividing by 1 000
When you divide a decimal number by 1 000 you move all the digits three places to the right. The number becomes 1 000 times smaller.
Example    3 502 ÷ 1 000 = 3.502