Place Value: Every Digit Has a Place
The place of a digit is its position in a number. Its value is what the digit is worth in that position.
Read places from right to left: ones (units), tens, hundreds, thousands, ten-thousands, hundred-thousands.
351,428
Hundred-
thousands3300,000
thousands3300,000
Ten-
thousands550,000
thousands550,000
Thousands11,000
Hundreds4400
Tens220
Ones
(units)88
(units)88
Quick tip: Start with the last digit. It is always in the ones place. Then move left one place at a time.
Practice: Choose one answer
1. What is the place of 1 in 128?
2. Which digit is in the ones (units) place in 1,332?
3. What is the place of 7 in 4,785?
4. Which digit is in the tens place in 9,416?
5. Which number has 6 in the thousands place?
6. What is the value of 5 in 153,240?
7. In which number is 3 in the hundreds place?
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Correct Answers: 0
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