document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1144737>Question 1144737</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 1. Which pair of numbers has 5 in places in which the value of one of the 5s is 10 times greater than in the other number? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A. 105 and 501 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "B. 6,450 and 3,952<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C. 785 and 253<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D. 534 and 195\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2. At birth, a human baby has a total of 270 bones. This number decreases to 207 in some adults. How many times greater is the value of the 7 in 270 than in 207? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "1.  None of them.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "\"10 times greater than x\" means x, plus x 10 more times -- i.e., 11x.  The place values of the 5's in the given numbers are either 5, 50, or 500; none of those numbers is 11 times another of them.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "If you mean \"10 times AS GREAT\", then again the place values are either 5, 50, or 500.  Find one pair where the values of the two 5s are 5 and 50, or 50 and 500.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "2.  The value of the \"7\" in 270 is 7*10 = 70.  The value of the \"7\" in 207 is 7*1 = 7.  70 is 9 times greater than 7.  (70 = 7+63 = 7 + 9 times 7, so 9 times GREATER THAN 7).  70 is clearly 10 TIMES AS GREAT AS 7; it's not 10 times GREATER THAN 7. </SPAN>\n" );
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