Question

There are 42,000 cars in the garage out of which 4,020 cars are to be painted red.


Select the correct statement.

• A. The place value of 4 in 42,000 is 10 times the place of 4 in 4,020.
• B. The place value of 2 in 42,000 is $\frac{1}{100}$ times the place of 4 in 4,020.
• C. The place value of 4 in both the numbers is same.
• D. The place value of 2 in both the numbers is same.

Answer 1

The correct option is A The place value of 4 in 42,000 is 10 times the place of 4 in 4,020.

Let us represent the total number of cars in the garage through a place value chart.

In case of first option:

We can observe that the place value of 4 in 42,000 is 10 times the place of 4 in 4,020.
So, the first option is correct.

In case of second option:

We can observe that the place value of 2 in 42,000 is 100 times the place of 2 in 4,020.
So the second option is incorrect.

In case of third option:
We can observe that the place value of 4 in 42,000 is 10 times the place of 4 in 4,020.
So, the third option is incorrect.

In case of fourth option:

We can observe that the place value of 2 in 42,000 is 100 times the place of 2 in 4,020.
So the fourth option is also incorrect.

∴ The first option is the only correct option here.