Question

in the number 550,is the value of the 5 in the tens place ten times greater than the value of the 5 in the hundreds place?explain why or why not

Answer 1

As the person said above, no.

This is because the 5 in the tens place equals 50 and if you multiply
50 x 10 = 500

And the value of 5 in the hundreds place equals 500

So 500 is NOT greater than 500

It is equal to

Hope this helped

Answer 2

No. The value of the 5 in the tens place is not ten times greater than the value of the 5 in the hundreds place because if you multiply 50 by 10 you will get 500, which is the same as the 5 in the hundreds place.