Let's address each part of the question step-by-step:
1. What is the value of the 7 in the number 2741203?
The number 2741203 has seven digits, where each digit represents a place value. In this number:
- The rightmost digit is in the units place.
- The next digit to the left is in the tens place.
- The next digit to the left is in the hundreds place.
- The next digit to the left is in the thousands place.
- The next digit to the left is in the ten thousands place.
- The next digit to the left is in the hundred thousands place.
- The leftmost digit is in the millions place.
The digit 7 is in the hundred thousands place. To find its value, we multiply 7 by the place value of the hundred thousands place, which is 100,000.
The value of the 7 in the number 2741203 is seven hundred thousand (700,000).
2. Write the number twelve thousand, six hundred and seventy-one in figures.
To write "twelve thousand, six hundred and seventy-one" in figures, we simply convert the words into numerical form:
Twelve thousand = 12,000
Six hundred and seventy-one = 671
Combining these, we get 12,000 + 671 = 12,671.
Therefore, the number twelve thousand, six hundred and seventy-one in figures is 12671.
3. Which of these is the correct way to write 21,000 in words?
Let's analyze each option given:
- A: "Two million and one thousand" is incorrect because it conveys 2,001,000.
- B: "Two one thousand" is incorrect and does not make sense.
- C: "Twenty one thousand" is the correct way to write 21,000.
- D: "Twenty one and a thousand" is incorrect and awkward.
Therefore, the correct answer is:
C: Twenty one thousand
