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Question A student said 9,990 is greater than 49,014 because 9 is greater than 4. Is the student correct? Why or Why Not?
Use the number line below to find the position of the numbers. Fill in the blanks.
Although 9 is greater than 4, we have to compare the number of digits first.
Here, 9,990 has 4 digits and 49,014 has 5 digits.
A number with 5 digits is always bigger than a number with 4 digits.
So, 49,014 is greater than 9,990.
On a number line, the number lying to the right is greater than the number to its left.
∴ 9,990 < 49,014