On Saturday, 15,598 people attended a music festival. How does the value represented by the 5 in the hundreds place compare with the value of the 5 in the thousands place? A:The value in the hundreds place is 10 times as much as the value in the thousands place. B:The value in the hundreds place is one-tenth as much as the value in the thousands place. C:The value in the hundreds place is 100 times as much as the value in the thousands place.D: The value in the hundreds place is one one-hundredth as much as the value in the thousands place.
5 in the hundreds place equals 500, but put in the thousands place equals 5,000 and that's 10 times larger than 500. Or as how answer B puts it, 500 is one-tenth as much as 5,000. Either way, it's the same thing