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 digit 3 is in the hundreds place, so its value is 300.

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What is Standard Form?

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Standard Form is the way of writing numbers using digits. For example, the number 'five hundred sixty-three' is written in standard form as 563.

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What is Word Form?

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Word Form is writing numbers using words. For example, the number 42,974 in word form is 'forty-two thousand nine hundred seventy-four'.

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What is Expanded Form?

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Expanded Form is writing a number as the sum of the values of its digits. For example, 89,267 in expanded form is 80,000 + 9,000 + 200 + 60 + 7.

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How do you find the value of a digit in a number?

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To find the value of a digit, look at its position in the number. For example, in 534,289, the value of the digit 2 is 200 because it is in the hundreds place.

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What does the symbol '>' mean?

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The symbol '>' means 'greater than'. For example, 89,345 > 88,979 means 89,345 is greater than 88,979.

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What does the symbol '<' mean?

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The symbol '<' means 'less than'. For example, 45 < 50 means 45 is less than 50.

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What is a digit?

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A digit is any of the ten symbols used to write numbers: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.

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What is a number?

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A number is a mathematical object used to count, measure, and label. Numbers can be whole numbers, fractions, or decimals.

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What is the place value of 7 in the number 7,482?

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In the number 7,482, the place value of 7 is 7,000 because it is in the thousands place.