PLACE VALUE AND VALUE OF A DIGIT OF A GIVEN DECIMAL NUMBER T

PLACE VALUE AND VALUE OF A DIGIT OF A GIVEN DECIMAL NUMBER THROUGH TEN THOUSANDTHS 

Place Value

refers to the position that a digit occupies in the numeral. Each digit of a number occupies a different position. For example, given the number 28 025; 5 is in ones place, 2 in tens place, 0 in hundreds place, 8 in thousands place and 2 in ten thousands place. The value of each digit depends on its place in the number. On the above example 8 is in the thousands place, therefore the value of 8 is 8 000. 

Memorize the position that a digit occupies in the numeral

_{The decimal point}

_{is the most important part of a Decimal Number. Without it we are lost, and don't know what each position means. On the left of the decimal point are the whole numbers. While on the right of the decimal point are the decimal numbers. Likewise, with the whole number, the value of the digit depends on its place value. As we move further left, every place gets 10 times bigger. As we move further right, every place gets 10 times smaller.}

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Identify the place value of 8 in 623.0815

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Identify the place value of 8 in 42.8903 

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Identify the place value of 8 in 254.2781 

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Identify the place value of 8 in 6.0008

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Identify the place value of 8 in 14.8267

REMEMBER

1. The decimal point is the most important part of a Decimal Number. 2. The value of the digit depends on its place value.

3. On the left of the decimal point are whole numbers. As we move further left, every place gets 10 times bigger.

4. On the right of the decimal point is decimal number. As we move further right, every place gets 10 times smaller.

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