Question 51101: WRITING IN MATH EXPLAIN HOW YOU KNOW THAT 28 AND 208 DO NOT NAME THE SAME NUMBER? Found 2 solutions by darq, tutorcecilia:Answer by darq(90) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The numbers have different place-values:
For number 28, the 2 is in the tens place and the 8 is in the ones place.
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28 =
2 X 10 = 20
8 X 1 = 8
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Total: 28
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for the number 208, 2 is in the hundreds place, the zero is in the tens place, and the 8 is in the ones place.
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208=
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2 x 100 = 200
0 X 10 = 0
8 X 1 = 8
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total: 208