Question

Face value of $ 9 $ in $ 9,74,342 $ is
A. $ 9{\text{ lakhs}} $
B. $ {\text{lakhs}} $
C. $ 9 $
D. $ 1 $

Answer 1

Hint:
We must know what the face value means. Face value of any number is the number itself. So we can easily find the face value of any number in a given number as it is just the number itself whose face value is to be found. For example: The face value of $ 2{\text{ in 1332 and 1211}} $ is $ 2 $ only.

Complete step by step solution:
Here we are given the number $ 9,74,342 $ in which we need to find the face value of the digit $ 9 $ . For this we need to know what the face value means. One can mark the answer by taking the place value also. So we need to properly know what the difference between the face value and the place value is.
First of all, the face value of any digit in the given number is the digit itself. As the name suggests, face value tells us about the face of that number which means the representation of that digit. Hence the face value of any digit is the digit itself. For example: If we have the number $ 12363 $ face value of $ 6 $ in it is $ 6 $ and face value of $ 3{\text{ is }}3 $
But the place value tells us about the position of the digit in the given number. For example: if we need to find the place value of $ 6{\text{ in}} $ $ 12363 $ then we need to know the position of $ 6 $ in it. We know that it is at the ten’s place. Hence place value of $ 6 $ here is $ 6 \times 10 = 60 $ and in $ 126318 $ is $ 6000 $
So we get to know that the face value of the digit is the digit itself.
Hence we can say that the face value of $ 9 $ in $ 9,74,342 $ is $ 9 $ itself.

Hence C is the correct option.

Note:
Here the student must not make the mistake of finding the place value instead of the place value. We can remember this difference by the point that face value tells us about the face of the digit which will be the digit itself.