Understanding Place Value and Digits

This video tutorial introduces students to the concept of place value and digit value in numbers. It explains how grouping items in tens, hundreds, and thousands makes counting more efficient. Using marbles and base 10 blocks, the lesson demonstrates how to represent numbers visually. The tutorial also covers the place value chart, explaining periods and how digits in different places have different values. By the end of the lesson, students should be able to explain the value of a digit in a given number.

What is the main objective of this online math lesson?

• To learn about fractions

• To understand the value of a digit in a number

• To solve algebraic equations

• To memorize multiplication tables

Why do we group items together when counting?

• To confuse the counter

• To make counting more efficient

• To make it more colorful

• To make it look more organized

What is a base 10 block used for?

• To represent a group of ten

• To represent a group of five

• To represent a group of twenty

• To represent a group of one hundred

How many marbles are there in 10 jars if each jar contains 10 marbles?

• 200

• 150

• 100

• 50

What do you get when you have 10 groups of 100 marbles?

• 500 marbles

• 1,000 marbles

• 2,000 marbles

• 1,500 marbles

What is the term used for each group of tens in place value?

• Place value

• Fractions

• Units

• Decimals

What is the name of the period that includes ones, tens, and hundreds?

• Billions period

• Millions period

• Ones period

• Thousands period

In the number 82,143, what is the value of the digit '8'?

• 8

• 80

• 800

• 80,000

What is a digit?

• A type of fraction

• A symbol used to write a number

• A mathematical operation

• A unit of measurement

If you have six 10,000s, what is the total value?

• 6,000,000

• 600,000

• 60,000

• 6,000