Understanding Place Value

What does a place value chart help us understand?

• The history of numbers

• The value of each digit in a number

• The order of operations

• The size of a number

In a place value chart, what happens to the value of each place as you move from right to left?

• It becomes negative

• It increases

• It stays the same

• It decreases

If a digit is in the hundreds place, what does it represent?

• 1,000 times the digit

• 100 times the digit

• 10 times the digit

• The digit itself

How do you find the total value of a number using place value?

• By dividing the number by its largest digit

• By subtracting the smallest digit from the largest

• By multiplying all the digits

• By adding the individual values of each digit

What is the total value of the number 13,520 based on its place values?

• 1,352

• 135,200

• 13,520

• 1,352,000