Question

Maria said the 4 in 400,000 has a value of 400 is maria correct explain

Answer 1

No Maria is wrong because if you look at placement value you would see 4 is in the one hundred thousands place.

Answer 2

No Maria is not correct.

Explanation:

Given : Maria said the 4 in 400,000 has a value of 400.

To find : Is maria correct? Explain.

Solution :

The place value system is

Hundred Th. Ten Th. Thousand Hundred Tens Ones

4 0 0 0 0 0

The value of 4 in 400,000
`4* 100000`

i.e. The value of 4 in 400,000 is 4 hundred thousand not 4 hundred.

Therefore, No Maria is not correct.