Question

In the 24,143 how is the 4 in the thousands place different than the 4 in the tens place?

Answer 1

If you can see, the 4 in the thousands place is bigger than the tens place. It is pretty obvious. Thousand is bigger than ten, right? If you had ten shirts and thousand shirts, it would be a big difference. Start from the right. 
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