Question

Explain how you know that the values of the digit 5 in the numbers 150,000 and 100,500 are not the same.

Answer 1

In the number 150,000 the number is in the ten thousandths place.

In the number 100,500 the number is in the hundredths place.

Answer 2

The place value of both the numbers are different so they are not same.

Explanation:

To find : Explain how you know that the values of the digit 5 in the numbers 150,000 and 100,500 are not the same ?

Solution :

The place value system is

Hundred Th. Ten Th. Thousand Hundred Tens Ones

1 5 0 0 0 0

1 0 0 5 0 0

We have seen that,

In the numbers 150,000 the 5 digit is at ten thousand place.

In the numbers 100,500 the 5 digit is at hundred place.

As the place value of both the numbers are different so they are not same.