Understanding Place Value

The video tutorial explains how to read and represent numbers up to 10,000 using a place value chart. It introduces the ones, tens, hundreds, and thousands columns, and demonstrates how each column can only contain a single digit. The tutorial provides examples to calculate the value of digits in a number and shows how to represent numbers on the chart. It concludes with a final example and a summary of the concepts covered.

What is the purpose of a place value chart?

• To multiply numbers easily

• To represent numbers up to 10,000

• To add numbers quickly

• To divide numbers accurately

In a place value chart, what does the tens column represent?

• How many ones in a number

• How many tens in a number

• How many hundreds in a number

• How many thousands in a number

If you have ten ones in the place value chart, what happens?

• They are exchanged for one thousand

• They are exchanged for one hundred

• They are exchanged for one ten

• They stay in the ones column

What is the value of the digit 4 in the number 2794?

• Four

• Forty

• Four thousand

• Four hundred

In the number 2794, what is the value of the digit 9?

• Nine thousand

• Nine hundred

• Ninety

• Nine

How would you represent 700 on a place value chart?

• Put a 7 in the thousands column

• Put a 7 in the hundreds column

• Put a 7 in the ones column

• Put a 7 in the tens column

What digit should be placed in the thousands column for the number 1000?

• 0

• 5

• 1

• 7

When representing 50 on a place value chart, which column should the digit 5 be placed in?

• Ones column

• Tens column

• Hundreds column

• Thousands column

In the example 4000 + 90 + 4, why is a zero placed in the hundreds column?

• To indicate there are no tens

• To indicate there are no hundreds

• To indicate there are no thousands

• To indicate there are no ones

What is the value of the digit 9 in the number 4094?

• Nine hundred

• Ninety

• Nine thousand

• Nine