Place values
key notes :
Place value: in mathematics, describes the value of every digit in a number depending on its position.
- These positions start from the units place (ones place).
- The order of the place value of digits in a number from right to left is expressed as ones/units, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousand, and so on.
Convert between place values
To convert between place values, remember the following relations:
1 ten = 10 ones
1 hundred = 10 tens
1 thousand = 10 hundreds
1 ten thousand = 10 thousands
1 hundred thousand = 10 ten thousands
Learn with an example
✈️ You hear the following number:
9 thousand, 7 hundred 97
✈️ How do you write it using digits?
- Use a place value chart:
thousands | hundreds | tens | ones | |
9 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
- 9 thousand, 7 hundred 97 is written as 9,797.
✈️ You hear the following number:
2 thousand, 5 hundred 70
✈️ How do you write it using digits?
- Use a place value chart:
thousands | hundreds | tens | ones | |
2 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
- 2 thousand, 5 hundred 70 is written as 2,570.
✈️ In 4,863, in which place is the 4?
- ones
- tens
- hundreds
- thousands
- Remember the place values:
thousands | hundreds | tens | ones | |
4 | 8 | 6 | 3 |
- The 4 is in the thousands place.
Let’s practice!