<span><span><span>the leftmost underlined 2 in 222,222 occupies the hundred-thousands place (two hundred thousand)</span></span></span>
<span><span><span />the next underlined 2 in 222,222 is in the ten-thousands place (twenty thousand)</span></span>
<span><span />the underlined 2 in 222,222 sits in the thousands place (two thousand)</span>
<span /><span>the underlined 2 in 222,222 is in the hundreds place (two hundred)</span>
<span>the underlined 2 in 222,222 is in the tens place (twenty)</span>
<span>the final underlined 2 in 222,222 is in the ones place (two)
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