Melinda ran 8,791 meters on Monday and 2,899 meters on Tuesday. How many more meters did she run on Monday than on Tuesday?
Melinda ran 5,892 more meters on Monday than on Tuesday.
To find out, you can subtract the number of meters she ran on Tuesday from the number of meters she ran on Monday:
8,791 - 2,899 = 5,892
The 9 in 95,432 is how many times greater than the 9 in 67,924?
The 9 in 95,432 is 2 times greater than the 9 in 67,924.
To see why, you can think about the place value of the 9 in each number.
In 95,432, the 9 is in the ten thousands place.
In 67,924, the 9 is in the thousands place.
The ten thousands place is 10 times greater than the thousands place. So the 9 in 95,432 is 10 times greater than the 9 in 67,924.
Therefore, the 9 in 95,432 is 2 times greater than the 9 in 67,924.
To find out how many more meters Melinda ran on Monday than on Tuesday, we need to subtract the distance she ran on Tuesday from the distance she ran on Monday.
Melinda ran 8,791 meters on Monday and 2,899 meters on Tuesday. Therefore, we subtract 2,899 from 8,791:
8,791 - 2,899 = 5,892
So, Melinda ran 5,892 more meters on Monday than on Tuesday.