Question

A baseball stadium holds 42,000 people. The number for Saturday's attendance contains a 4 with a value 1/10 the value of the 4 in 42,000. Which could be Saturday's attendance? 402,510, 34,612, 25,420, or 40,965

Answer 1

34,612

1/10th of 40000= 4000.
The number 34,612 the 4 is in the thousandths spot

Answer 2

Saturday's attendance could be : 34,612

Explanation:

A baseball stadium holds 42,000 people.

Here '4' is at the ten thousands place.

The number for Saturday's attendance contains a 4 with a value 1/10 the value of the 4 in 42,000.

Means the '4' must be at one place less than ten thousand, that is thousand place.

Hence, out of the given options, 34612 is the only option that has '4' on thousand place.

Therefore, the answer is option B.