3 years ago

Compare the values of the underlined digits?

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amm18123 years ago

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The value of 7 in 26,475 is ten times greater than the value of 7 in 503,497.

This is because the first 7 is in the tens place and the second seven is in the ones place. Everytime you move to the next "place" you are basically making the number ten times smaller or greater.

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