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Arithmetic - Number Sense - Place Value
Study the following chart:
Let's take a close look at the value 4516:
THOUSANDS | HUNDREDS | TENS | ONES
------------|--------------|-------------|-----------
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4 | 5 | 1 | 6
The digit 4 is in the thousands place.
The digit 5 is in the hundreds place.
The digit 1 is in the tens place.
The digit 6 is in the ones place.
Let's take a close look at the value 51,736
TENS THOUSANDS | THOUSANDS | HUNDREDS | TENS | ONES
-----------------|-----------|--------------|---------------|---------------
| | | |
5 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6
The digit 5 is in the ten thousands place.
The digit 1 is in the thousands place.
The digit 7 is in the hundreds place.
The digit 3 is in the tens place.
The digit 6 is in the ones place.
Let's take a close look at the value 8,267,431
MILLIONS | HUNDRED THOUSANDS | TEN THOUSANDS| THOUSANDS | HUNDREDS | TENS | ONES
----------|-------------------|--------------|-----------|----------|--------|----------
| | | | | |
8 | 2 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1
The digit 8 is in the millions place.
The digit 2 is in the hundred thousands place.
The digit 6 is in the ten thousands place.
The digit 7 is in the thousands place.
The digit 4 is in the hundreds place.
The digit 3 is in the tens place.
The digit 1 is in the ones place.
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