Campare 2 in 2,783 to the 2 in 7,283
the 2 in 2,748 ...the 2 is in the thousands place...its value is 2000the 2 in 7,248...the 2 is in the hundreds place...its value is 200the 2 in the thousands place is 10 times bigger then the 2 in the hundreds place.