In the first number, the "4" is in the thousands place - meaning it is 4,000 + 30,258 In the second number, the "4" is in the ten thousands place - meaning it's 40,000 + 7,163. 40,000/4,000 = 10 The value of 40,000 in the second value is 10x greater than the value of 4,000 in the first value.