It represents the thing the avadocate needs to be muiltiplied by
<span>The value of 4 is 4,000 because it’s in the thousands (1,000) column. Therefore, 4 x 1,000 = 4,000. Each column has a different value. For example, 0 is in the ones (1) column, 3 is in the tens (10) column, 2 is in the hundreds (100) column, and 8 is in ten thousands (10,000) column.</span>
A = LW
A = 2/3 * 3/4
A = 6/12 = 1/2 miles^2