Ng Tze Yang's answer to Zen's Primary 4 Maths Singapore question.

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Ng Tze Yang
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In 45229,
Remember that digits are ordered as such in whole numbers:
From right to left: ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands etc.

9 represents 9 ones
5 represents 5 thousands.

So the difference in value between the two digits would be 5 thousands - 9 ones.

5000 - 9 = 4991