A bookcase has 43 books. there are 34 students in the class. Are there enough books for the students? how do you know? use place value to solve

The tens place value is 4 (from 43) books available. You have in the tens place for students 3 (from 34). Since 3 is less than 4, you more than enough books for everyone (assuing each students needs only one book).

I don't think I know what place value is, but it sounds like there is enough books I guess. It depends on how many books is required for each student, which is not given here.

The obvious answer is yes.

Divide: 43/34 = 1.2647

Therefore there is more than one book per student.

Is this what you need?

Oh DUH that's what place value is. Maybe it's time I go back to school!

To determine if there are enough books for the students in the class, we need to compare the number of books with the number of students.

First, let's look at the place value of each digit in the number of books and the number of students:

- Number of books: 43
- Tens digit: 4
- Ones digit: 3

- Number of students: 34
- Tens digit: 3
- Ones digit: 4

Comparing the tens digits, we see that the number of books (4) is greater than the number of students (3). Therefore, there are enough books in terms of tens.

Next, let's compare the ones digits. Here we see that the number of books (3) is equal to the number of students (3). Therefore, there are enough books in terms of ones as well.

Since the number of books is greater than or equal to the number of students in both the tens and ones place, we can conclude that there are enough books for all the students in the class.