What is the difference between the place values of the two 5s in the numeral 754853?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → 49950
The place value of a digit is the digit times the value of its position, so the two 5s have different place values.
754853: the first 5 is in the ten-thousands place, place value \(=5\times10000=50000\)
The second 5 is in the tens place, place value \(=5\times10=50\)
Difference \(=50000-50=49950\)
The difference is 49950.