Question

Mr. Miller got his fishing license in the mail. Before he put the license in his wallet, he wrote down the number. However, he made a mistake when writing down his fishing license number. He switched the digits in the tens and hundreds places. What number did Mr. Miller write? A 6187 B 6718 C 6178 D 1687

Answer 1

A. 6187

Explanation:

Given number in the Fishing License:

6817

Mr. Miller made a mistake by switching the digits in the tens and hundreds places.

To find the number Mr. Miller write.

Solution:

The original number is 6817.

We will write the digits in the respective places.

6→ Thousands place

8→ Hundreds place

1→ Tens place

7→ Ones place

Mr. Miller switches the tens digit with the hundreds digit.

Thus, the number can be given as:

6→ Thousands place

1→ Hundreds place

8→ Tens place

7→ Ones place

The number written by Mr. Miller is 6187.