Question

Explain how you can use place value patterns to describe how 50 and 5000 compare

Answer 1

The place value pattern is a system of patterns of tens in which every place value is ten times the value on its right. The place value pattern system is used to write numbers that are 10 times as much as or 1/10 of any given number. 
The place values in the pattern are: ones, tens (10*ones), hundreds (10*tens), thousands (10*hundreds),...
So, 50 = 5 tens 
       5000= 5 thousands, 0 hundreds, 0 tens, 0 ones

So, 5000 > 50