Question

The Place value of \[5\] in \[1,57,278\] is ___________.
a)Million
b)Fifty thousand
c)Hundred million
d)Ten thousand

Answer 1

Hint: We will place the numbers in the order from ones to hundred, thousands and so on.... like ones ,tens, hundreds, thousands ,ten-thousands ,hundred-thousands to the corresponding values we will put the numbers.

Complete step-by-step answer:
 Here the given number in the question is:
\[\;157278\]
 Let us write values of each number:
 Value = Number × Multiplier
 $ \Rightarrow 100,000 = 1 \times 100,000 $
 $ \Rightarrow 50,000 = 5 \times 10,000 $
 $ \Rightarrow 7,000 = 7 \times 1,000 $
 $ \Rightarrow 200 = 2 \times 100 $
 $ \Rightarrow 70 = 7 \times 10 $
 $ \Rightarrow 8 = 8 \times 1 $
Adding up all of the values and we get \[\;157278\]
Here, clearly we can see that \[\;5\] is at fifty-thousand places in the given number.
So, the correct answer is “Option B”.

Note: An alternative way of doing this is by counting it from the right side and finding at what place \[\;5\] lies.Like if it lies in fifth place it is the 50 thousand place.