VOCABULARY
Chapter 13
Place Value
VOCABULARY
DEFINITION
EXAMPLE
after
to follow in place or time
7, 8, 9, 10
9 is just after 8
before
7, 8, 9, 10
9 is just before 10
between
4, 5, 6
5 is between 4 and 6
compare
to look at objects, shapes, or numbers
and see how they are alike or different
longer, shorter
greater than, less than, etc.
greater than (>)
when a number is larger than another
number
15 > 8
15 is greater than 8
hundreds
a place value of a number
123
1 is in the hundreds place
ones
a place value of a number
123
3 is in the ones place
regroup
to take apart a number to write it in a new
way
15 becomes
1 ten + 5 ones
round
to change the value of a number to one
that is easier to work with
27 rounded to the nearest
ten is 30
tens
a place value of a number
123
2 is in the tens place