Place Value Vocabulary

A way of using WORDS to write a number

• expanded form

• place

• word form

• standard form

The position of a specific digit within the number

• word form

• value

• price

• place

addition, subtraction, multiplication, division

• rounding

• operation

• equation

• process

A way to write numbers by showing the value of each digit

• value

• standard form

• word form

• expanded form

Tell whether a number is greater than, less than, or equal to another number

• whole numbers

• rounding

• decimal number

• compare numbers

Numbers written in the easiest, most common way

• expanded form

• value

• standard form

• word form

Expressing a number to the nearest place value, such as tens, hundreds, thousands

• compare numbers

• sorting

• rounding

• period

The numbers from 0 through 9

• rounding

• period

• digit

• value

How much a digit is worth when it's in that specific place in a number

• shade

• standard form

• value

• price

The place values that are separated into groups of three in a written number separated by a comma

• rounding

• period

• group

• wavelength