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Workers at paper company count the number of boxes of paper in a warehouse each month. In january, there were 160341 boxes of paper. In February, there were 32698 boxes of paper. How does the digit 6 in February compare to the digit 6 in january?

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Answer:

  The digit 6 in February is worth 1/100 of its value in January.

Step-by-step explanation:

The value of a given digit in a number can be found by setting the other digits to zero.

In February, the digit 6 has a value of 00600 = 600.

In January, the digit 6 has a value of 060000 = 60,000.

The ratio of the value in February to the value in January is ...

  600/60000 = 1/100

The digit 6 in February is one hundredth of the digit 6 in January.

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