Place Value Flashcard

Front

What is place value?

Back

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.

Front

What is the standard form of the number 1,000 + 300 + 50 + 7?

Back

1,357

Front

How do you find the number of hundreds in a number?

Back

To find the number of hundreds in a number, divide the number by 100 and take the whole number part of the result. For example, in 980, there are 9 hundreds.

Front

What is the expanded form of 428?

Back

400 + 20 + 8

Front

How do you write a number in base ten/unit form?

Back

To write a number in base ten/unit form, break it down into hundreds, tens, and ones. For example, 528 is written as 5 hundreds, 2 tens, and 8 ones.

Front

What is the value of the digit 5 in the number 5,678?

Back

The value of the digit 5 is 5,000 because it is in the thousands place.

Front

How many tens are in the number 450?

Back

There are 45 tens in the number 450.

Front

What is the difference between standard form and expanded form?

Back

Standard form is the way we normally write numbers (e.g., 1,357), while expanded form breaks the number down into its place values (e.g., 1,000 + 300 + 50 + 7).

Front

If a number has 3 in the tens place, what is its value?

Back

The value of 3 in the tens place is 30.

Front

What is the value of the digit 0 in the number 1,205?

Back

The value of the digit 0 is 0 because it is in the tens place.