To identify the place of the digit '5' in each number, we need to determine its positional value (units, tens, hundreds, thousands, etc.).

a) 48,596

• The digit '5' is in the hundreds place.

b) 57,493

• The digit '5' is in the ten thousands place.

c) 305,040

• The digit '5' is in the thousands place.

d) 185,967

• The digit '5' is in the ten thousands place.

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Here are 5 related questions for further practice:

1. What is the value of the digit '3' in the number 372,849?
2. Identify the place of '6' in the number 906,317.
3. What is the place value of '2' in the number 32,715?
4. How does the place value of '4' change in the numbers 4,200 and 14,365?
5. Determine the place value of '7' in the number 758,024.

Tip: The place value of a digit depends on its position in the number, which increases by a factor of ten as you move from right to left.