Question

Place value chart is extended to ... side to provide a place for fractions.
A. Right
B. Left
C. No
D. None of these

Answer 1

Hint: In this question, we need to find a place where the place value chart extends to provide place for fractions. We should know that a place value chart is nothing but a method of grouping big numbers in groups of three, and is read from left to right as billion, million, thousands, hundred and so on. We will use information that fractions can be written in decimal and see where decimal numbers are placed while writing numbers.

Complete step-by-step answer:
Here, we have been asked to find the direction in which the place value chart is extended to provide a place for fractions. We know that the place value chart is a system which is used to write big numbers in groups of three. The numbers are read from left to right in the place value chart. Since fractions can be written in decimal numbers and the place value of a number depends on how far it is from decimal point, so, numbers after decimal point are written on the right side of the number. Hence, to write decimal numbers, numbers after decimal will be placed on the right side of the place value chart and hence, to write the fraction in a place value chart, we have to extend it to the right side. Therefore, option A is the correct answer.

So, the correct answer is “Option A”.

Note: Students can make mistakes while choosing correct answers from given options by thinking that the place value chart is for the whole number only. Students should note that, place value chart is just a way to represent number in such a way that when we expand it, we will get terms in the form of ${{10}^{a}}\times x+{{10}^{b}}\times y+\cdots \cdots \cdots $.