Question

What is the value represented by the digit 8 after 5,872 is multiplied by 1,000?

Answer 1

right now 8 represents 8 hundred.
after multiplied by 1,000, the 8 will represent 8 hundred thousand.

Answer 2

The digit 8 is 0.

Explanation:

First we have to multiply the 5,872 by 1,000 and then look what is the 8 digit:

`5,872*1,000=5,872,000`

In the integer form of the number the digit 8 doesn't exist, but if we present the number with one decimal will be:

`5,872,000.0`

With this the digit 8 is 0.