<span>In this case, the value of the first 3 (the ten-thousands) has a value of 30,000. The 3 next to it, in the hundred-thousands place, has a value of 300,000. To compare the two, the 3 on the right has a value one-tenth as much as that on the left.</span>
If this is asking for greater or less than, the 3 in the hundred-thousands place is more than the one is the ten-thousands place. If not, the one in the hundred-thousands place is 10 x the one in the ten-thousands place.
