Question

In the number 3,265,820, what place is the first 2 in?

Answer 1

In `3,color(teal)(2)65,820` the first 2 reads as 2 hundred thousand.

Explanation:

Each group of three digits (separated by commas) has a place holder for Hundreds, Tens, Units.

We have `color(red)(H) color(blue)(T) color(purple)(U),color(red)(H) color(blue)(T) color(purple)(U),color(red)(H) color(blue)(T) color(purple)(U),color(red)(H) color(blue)(T) color(purple)(U),color(red)(H) color(blue)(T) color(purple)(U).`

In case case the groups represent the number of:

`color(orange)("trillions",)color(black)("billions",)color(magenta)("millions",)color(teal)("thousands",)color(sienna)("units",).`

`color(orange)(HTU,)color(black)(HTU,)color(magenta)(HTU,)color(teal)(HTU,)color(sienna)(HTU,).`
`color(red)(H) color(blue)(T) color(purple)(U),color(red)(H) color(blue)(T) color(purple)(U),color(red)(H) color(blue)(T) color(purple)(U),color(red)(H) color(blue)(T) color(purple)(U),color(red)(H) color(blue)(T) color(purple)(U).`
`color(white)(000000000000,00)3,2color(white)(.)6color(white)(.)5,8color(white)(.)2color(white)(.)0`

In `3,color(teal)(2)65,820` the first 2 reads as 2 hundred thousand.