Tuesday, July 04, 2006

Face Value and Place Value

"Just as our face never changes, similarly the face value of the number remains same. wherever the number is " says my son. But the place value of the number changes depending upon their position. (Eg : For the number, 6780, the place value of 7 is 700, while the face value is 7 but for the no. 67800, the place value becomes 7000).

Isn’t that the real case in all our lives? Wherever, we go, we are known by our name, but depending on the place, our value varies!

11 comments:

LAK said...

Hey Chitra, thanx for the B'day gtgs. Hoping to put up a post soon, so do come by again.As for the mathematical statement--yes, how profound!

Inder said...

yeah. polymorphism. be it philosophy or programming, polymorphism is everywhere.

Krithika said...

Lyricist Gulzar wouldn't agree with this :-) Naam gum jayega, chehra yeh badal jayega meri aawaz hi pehchan hai 'gar yaad rahe

geeth said...

Correct... hmm, how much more similar can maths and real life be :)

Junius said...

sreesanth and i have one thing in common,
we both are good at maths :D

Shankari said...

Aiyyyo! kya badi badi baatein karti ho!

I find meself without any value at all- for either face or place :(

Does that make me invaluable? :p

chitra said...

shankari, please let us evaluate you. and from my eyes, yes, you are invaluable.

Krithika, For our awaaz to be remembered for ages, we all have to be gulzaar to write such beautiful lyrics.

Endevaour me : Your comments : went beyond me.

Lakshmi : looking forward fr your posts.
inder and Geetha : Yes, so true about maths and never realised the same as long as i was student and yesterday the realisatin occured!

rose said...

a good one chitra..! in fact it seems i've forgotten all my maths ..cant recollect what face value and place value were all about..thanks for sharing a little bit of maths here! Jokes apart this was indeed a real good thought! Keep it up!

Junius said...

thats one more thing common between him and me :-)

Priya said...

Poor me!!! Do u want me to run frm' your blog.....

Good one...

chitra said...

Priya : No way! i want you to visit it daily.

Aarathi : For your sake, i have explained place value and face value.
endeavourme: ab tumhen kya kahoon?