Question

What number has the same value as 30 tens

Answer 1

that is a fraction:
30/10 = 3/1 = 3
so 30 tens equals 3

Answer 2

30 tens has the same value as 300.

30 × 10 = 300

Look at each place. The value for that place is everything to the left...

Hundreds place -
3 hundreds = 300

Tens place = 30 tens = 300

Ones place = 300 ones = 300