Ahmed wrote two numbers. The first number has a 7 in its tenths place. The second number has a 7 with a value that is 1,000 times greater than the value of the 7 in the first number. In which place is the 7 in the second number?

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1 answer

In the first number, the 7 is in the tenths place. This means the value of the 7 in the first number is \( 0.7 \).

The second number has a 7 with a value that is 1,000 times greater than the value of the 7 in the first number.

Calculating this, we get:

\[ 0.7 \times 1000 = 700 \]

This means the 7 in the second number represents the value of 700. In the number 700, the 7 is in the hundreds place.

Therefore, the correct answer is hundreds.