Question

How many thousands make a million?

Answer 1

Hint: We solve this problem by assuming that number of thousands that make a million as some variable.
Then we convert the above statement into a mathematical equation that is the thousand multiplied by the variable we assumed will give the million.
We have the condition that the thousand has 3 zeros after 1 and million has 6 zeros after 1

Complete step by step answer:
We are asked to find how many thousands will make a million
We know that the condition that the thousand has 3 zeros after 1 and million has 6 zeros after 1
Let us assume that \[x\] thousands make a million.
Now, by converting the above equation into mathematical equation then we get
\[\Rightarrow 1,000,000=x\times 1,000\]
Now, by interchanging the terms from LHS to RHS then we get
\[\begin{align}
  & \Rightarrow x=\dfrac{1,000,000}{1,000} \\
 & \Rightarrow x=1,000 \\
\end{align}\]
Here, we can see that thousand multiplied by thousand gives the million.
By using the above result we can conclude that thousand thousands will be a million.
Therefore, we can say that the answer is a thousand

Note:
Students may do mistake in taking the representation of a million.
We know that million is the term used in the international system of representing the numbers. In international system, we take comma for every three digits so that the representation of n=million will be \[1,000,000\]
But in the Indian system, we take the first comma after 3 digits and after that, we take for every two digits.
In this case, we do not come across the term million. This means that we should not take the millions in the Indian system. We need to use the international system.