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Country Population

publish date: 2022/07/19 05:20:00 GMT+10

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The current population of the United States of America is 334,802,890 as of Sunday, June 19, 2022, based on Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data.

(Source: Worldmeter)

  1. What is the place value of digit 2?
  2. What is the place value of digit 8 (next to zero)?
  3. Which digit tells the number of millions?
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tens
hundreds
thousands
ten thousands
hundred thousands
four
eight
zero

Correct Answer

(1) thousands
(2) hundred thousands
(3) four

Explanation

STRATEGY We will begin in the ones column of 334,802,890. Then, moving to the left, we will name each column (ones, tens, hundreds, and so on) until we reach the digit 2.

WHY It’s easier to remember the names of the columns if you begin with the
smallest place value and move to the columns that have larger place values.

Say, “Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands, hundred thousands” as you move from column to column. 

Solution

  1. 334,802,890: thousands is the place value of the digit 2.
  2. 334,802,890: The digit 8 is in the hundred thousands column.
  3. 334,802,890: digit 4 tells the number of millions

Reference

Mathematics for college students, go-math-science.com

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