Place Value

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What is place value?

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Place value is the value of a digit based on its position in a number. For example, in the number 345, the 3 is in the hundreds place, so its value is 300.

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What is the value of the digit 2 in the number 172,890?

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The value of the digit 2 in 172,890 is 20,000 because it is in the ten-thousands place.

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If a digit moves one place to the left, what happens to its value?

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The value becomes 10 times greater.

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If a digit moves one place to the right, what happens to its value?

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The value becomes 1/10 of its original value.

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What is the value of the digit 6 in the number 3,683,100?

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The value of the digit 6 is 600,000 because it is in the hundred-thousands place.

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How do you write the number 930,231 in expanded form?

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930,231 = (9 x 100,000) + (3 x 10,000) + (0 x 1,000) + (2 x 100) + (3 x 10) + (1 x 1).

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What is the place value of the digit 4 in the number 4,567?

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The place value of the digit 4 is 4,000 because it is in the thousands place.

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What is the standard form of (5 x 10,000) + (2 x 1,000) + (3 x 100) + (4 x 10) + (1 x 1)?

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The standard form is 52,341.

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What is the value of the digit 9 in the number 9,876,543?

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The value of the digit 9 is 9,000,000 because it is in the millions place.

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What happens to the value of a digit when it is in the tens place compared to the ones place?

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The value in the tens place is 10 times greater than the value in the ones place.