OST Place Value Relationships

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.

In the number 55, the digit 5 in the tens place represents 50, while the digit 5 in the ones place represents 5.

10 times the value of 5 in the ones place (which is 5) is 50.

In the number 256, the digit 2 is in the hundreds place, so its value is 200.

In the decimal 0.257, the digit 5 represents five hundredths.

1/10 of the value of the digit 2 in the hundreds place (200) is 20.

6.000 is greater than 0.600.

The value of the digit in the thousands place is 10 times greater than the value of the digit in the hundreds place.

10 times as much as 80,000 is 800,000.

In the number 0.006, the digit 0 represents zero tenths.