PLACE VALUE TO THOUSANDS
TWO NUMBER DIGITS
• Numbers, such as 84, have two digits. Each digit is a different place
value.
The left digit is the tens' place. It tells you that there are 8 tens.
The last or right digit is the ones' place which is 4 in this
example. Therefore, there are 8 sets of 10, plus 4 ones in the
number 84.
84
| |__ones' place
|_________tens' place
The tens' place value of 2 in the number 24 is due to the presence
of two full sets of 10.
The ones' place value of 4 in the number 24 is due to 4 units that
are not included in a full set of 10.
Place Values of Three Digit Numbers
• Numbers, such as 784, have three digits. Each digit is a different place
value.
The first digit is called the hundreds' place. It tells you how many sets of
one hundred are in the number. The number 784 had seven hundreds.
The middle digit is the tens' place. It tells you that there are 8 tens in
addition to the seven hundreds.
The last or right digit is the ones' place which is 4 in this
example. Therefore, there are 7 sets of 100, plus 8 sets of 10, plus 4 ones
in the number 784.
784
| | |__ones' place
| |_________tens' place
|________________hundreds' place
Place Values of Six Digit Numbers
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Numbers, such as 495,784, have six digits. Each digit is a different place value.
The first digit is called the hundred thousands' place. It tells you how many sets of
one hundred thousand are in the number.
The number 495,784 has four hundred thousands.
The second digit is the ten thousands' place.
In this number there are nine ten thousands
in addition to the four hundred thousands.
The third digit is the one thousands' place which is five in this example.
Therefore there are four sets of one hundred thousand, nine sets of ten
thousand, and five sets of one thousand in the number 495,784.
The fourth digit is called the hundreds' place. It tells how many sets of one
hundred are in the number.
The number 495,784 has seven hundreds in addition to the thousands.
The next digit is the tens' place.
This number has are eight tens in addition to the four hundred
thousands, nine ten thousands, five thousands and seven hundreds.
The last or right digit is the ones' place which is four in this example.
Therefore there are four sets of one hundred thousand, nine sets of ten
thousand, five sets of one thousand, seven sets of one hundred, eight sets of ten,
and four ones in the number 495,784.
FINDING PLACE VALUES
• The number 74 has:
____ tens and ____ ones
• The number 606 has
____hundreds _____ tens _____ones
• What is the place value for ten thousands in the number 15746
• What is the place value for ones in the number 512389
• What is the place value for tens in the number 53484
• What is the place value for ten thousands in the number 946600
• What is the place value for hundreds in the number 946600
• Write the place of the underlined digit. Then write its value
1. 2242
2. 63,666
3.199,999
4. 880,888