{"id":217195,"date":"2025-05-21T07:13:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T07:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=217195"},"modified":"2025-05-21T07:13:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T07:13:21","slug":"ahmed-wrote-two-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/21\/ahmed-wrote-two-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Ahmed wrote two numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ahmed wrote two numbers. The first number has a 7 in its tenths place. The second number has a 7 with a value that is 1,000 times greater than the value of the 7 in the first number. In which place is the 7 in the second number?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-1-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Correct Answer:<\/strong> <strong>Hundreds place<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Explanation:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To solve this question, we need to understand <strong>place value<\/strong>\u2014specifically how each digit in a number represents a different value depending on its position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Step 1: Understand the 7 in the first number<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The first number has a <strong>7 in the tenths place<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A digit in the <strong>tenths place<\/strong> means it&#8217;s located <strong>just after the decimal point<\/strong>, like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Example: 0.7 or 3.7 \u2192 Here, the 7 is in the <strong>tenths<\/strong> place.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The value of 7 in the tenths place is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>$$<br>7 \\times \\frac{1}{10} = 0.7<br>$$<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Step 2: Multiply that value by 1,000<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The problem states that the <strong>second number has a 7 whose value is 1,000 times greater<\/strong> than the 7 in the tenths place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So we calculate:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>$$<br>0.7 \\times 1{,}000 = 700<br>$$<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now we need to ask: in what place would the digit 7 need to be to represent a value of 700?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Step 3: Identify the place of 7 that gives a value of 700<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s look at place values in whole numbers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ones place: 7 \u2192 Value = 7<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tens place: 7 \u2192 Value = 70<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hundreds place: 7 \u2192 Value = 700<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thousands place: 7 \u2192 Value = 7,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Clearly, a <strong>7 in the hundreds place<\/strong> gives a value of <strong>700<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Conclusion:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>So, the digit 7 in the second number must be in the <strong>hundreds place<\/strong> to have a value that is 1,000 times greater than the value of a 7 in the <strong>tenths place<\/strong> (0.7).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This question helps students apply their understanding of <strong>place value relationships<\/strong>\u2014a fundamental math skill for comparing and understanding numbers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahmed wrote two numbers. The first number has a 7 in its tenths place. The second number has a 7 with a value that is 1,000 times greater than the value of the 7 in the first number. In which place is the 7 in the second number? 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