The number one thousand, seven hundred and fifty-six can be written in figures as 1756.
The number seven thousand, one hundred and sixty five can be written in figures as 7165.
The same figures are used but in different places:
Thousands | Hundreds | Tens | Units |
1 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
7 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
We must place the numbers correctly in columns to perform addition and subtraction.