PLACE VALUE
EDU564
What is the number?
tens ones
11
What is the number?
tens ones
33
What is the number?
tens ones
56
What is the number?
tens ones
84
What is the number?
tens ones
95
What is the number?
tens ones
88
What is the number?
tens ones
99
What is the number?
tens ones
27
•Place Value means that the amount a
digit is worth depends on its position in
the number.
•On a place-value chart, you can think of
numbers in groups of three.
•Organizing the digits of a number in a
place-value chart helps you understand
the number’s value.
What digit is in the hundred’s place?
6, 9 0 4, 1 2 9
What digit is in the hundred’s place?
7 4 3, 9 8 2
What digit is in the hundred’s place?
7 4 3, 9 8 2
What digit is in the ten thousand’s place?
6,7 4 3, 9 8 2
What digit is in the ten thousand’s place?
6,7 4 3, 9 8 2
How to read large numbers
Read the numbers before the comma as if you were
reading in the one’s column.
Say the period you are in when you get to the
comma except for the one’s period.
Thousand
Ones
690,492
Read this number
133,472
Read this number
133,472
One hundred thirty-three thousand,
four hundred seventy-two
Three-Digit Numbers
Stefan picks a number. His number is 346.
What is each digit in the number ‘346’ worth?
Let’s look at the number in a place value chart.
Hundreds Tens Ones
3 4 6
In the hundreds column, there is the digit ‘3’. This represents 3 hundreds or 300.
In the tens column, there is the digit ‘4’. This represents 4 tens or 40.
In the ones column, there is the digit ‘6’. This represents 6 ones or 6.
Together, 300 (3 hundreds) + 40 (4 tens) + 6 (6 ones) make 346.
346 = 300 + 40 + 6
Three-Digit Numbers
346 can be represented using base ten blocks.
There are 3 hundreds flats. This represents 3 hundreds or 300.
There are 4 tens sticks. This represents 4 tens or 40.
There are 6 ones cubes. This represents 6 ones or 6.
Together, 300 (3 hundreds) + 40 (4 tens) + 6 (6 ones) make 346.
346 = 300 + 40 + 6
Three-Digit Numbers
346 can be represented using place value counters.
100 100 100
10 10 100 10 10
1 1 1 1 1 1
There are 3 hundreds counters. This represents 3 hundreds or 300.
There are 4 tens counters. This represents 4 tens or 40.
There are 6 ones counters. This represents 6 ones or 6.
Together, 300 (3 hundreds) + 40 (4 tens) + 6 (6 ones) make 346.
346 = 300 + 40 + 6
Three-Digit Numbers
Let’s look at a different number.
Mabel picks a number. Her number is 789. What is each digit in the number
‘789’ worth?
Let’s look at the number in a place value chart.
In the hundreds column, there are 7 Hundreds Tens Ones
counters. This represents 7 hundreds
or 700.
In the tens column, there are 8 counters.
This represents 8 tens or 80.
In the ones column, there are 9 counters. This represents 9 ones or 9.
Together, 700 (7 hundreds) + 80 (8 tens) + 9 (9 ones) make 789.
789 = 700 + 80 + 9
Three-Digit Numbers
789 can be represented using base ten blocks.
There are 7 hundreds flats. This represents 7 hundreds or 700.
There are 8 tens sticks. This represents 8 tens or 80.
There are 9 ones cubes. This represents 9 ones or 9.
Together, 700 (7 hundreds) + 80 (8 tens) + 9 (9 ones) make 789.
Three-Digit Numbers
789 can be represented using a part-whole model.
80 is a part.
789
700 is a part.
80 700 9
9 is a part.
Together, 700 (7 hundreds) + 80 (8 tens) + 9 (9 ones) make the whole 789.
789 = 80 + 700 + 9
Recognise the Place Value of
Each Digit in a Three-Digit Number
Split these numbers into hundreds, tens and ones.
782 999
814
700
? 2
? 900
? 9
?
80
? 90
?
800
? 4
?
10
?
What Am I?
Can you find the missing value?
761
60 1 ?
What number am I? 700
