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Place Value
is the value given to the place a digit has in a number.
Numbers are made up of digits in
the same way that words are made up of letters.
A place-value chart can help
explain what this number means.
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Thousands
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Ones
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tens
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ones
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hundreds
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tens
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ones
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3
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1
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,
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5
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4
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2
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The value of the 3 is 30,000. |
The value of the 1 is 1,000. |
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The value of the 5 is 500. |
The value of the 4 is 40. |
The value of the 2 is 2. |
There are different
ways to write 31,542
| You can use
standard form. |
31,542 |
| You can use
expanded form. |
30,000 + 1,000 +
500 + 40 + 2 |
| You can use
word form. |
thirty-one
thousand, five hundred forty-two |
Example:
You can write the number in the place-value chart in three ways.
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Thousands
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Ones
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tens
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ones
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hundreds
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tens
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ones
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4
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9
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,
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2
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5
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8
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Word Form
Forty-nine thousand, two hundred fifty-eight
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Standard Form 49,258 |
Expanded
Form
40,000 + 9,000 + 200 + 50 + 8
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Remember:
Place
value works in the same way for any whole number no matter how large it. |
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