Question

Rafi is given the six-digit number 546798 and is asked to find the difference between the face value and the place value of the digit 7.
Help Rafi by choosing the correct answer from the options given below.

• A. 875
• B. 459
• C. 693
• D. 673

Answer 1

The correct option is C 693

The place value of a digit in a number is given by the product of that digit with its place.
The face value of a number is the number itself.

Thus, for 546798, the face value and place value can be shown as:


Hence, the difference between the face value and place value of 7 in 546798 will be:

(7 × 100) − 7 = 700 − 7 = 693