this post was submitted on 15 Dec 2024
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[–] rainerloeten 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Explain, for the other fools (and non-native speakers).

Is it referring to the coefficient of 10^4?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

The total number can be broken down to 6 * 1,000,000 + 6 * 100,000 + 6 * 10,000 + 6 * 1,000 + 6 * 100 + 6 * 10 + 6 * 1.

So you could think of it as a number with 6 millions, 6 hundred thousands, 6 ten thousands, 6 thousands, 6 hundreds, 6 tens, and 6 ones.

They just wanted any 7-digit number with 6 ‘ten thousands’ in it, eg: 1,060,000.

Putting a six in all of the positions fulfilled the question’s requirements without actually proving whether or not they understood the question.

[–] Anticorp 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The number one in 10,000 is in the 10 thousands place. In the child's answer, the number 6 is in the 10 thousands place, which isn't clear since they're all 6's, but the bracketed number here is the 10 thousands place [6]6,666