Table of Contents
- Place Value
- Finding the Greatest and Smallest Number
- Summary
- What’s Next?
In our previous segment, we learnt how to compare a given set of numbers and arrange them in ascending and descending order. Here we will learn about the place value of each digit in a given number.
What is Place value?
Place value is the value of each digit of a number, based on its position.
The place value of a digit increases by ten times as we move from right to left (←).
Units
Tens
Hundreds
Thousands
Ten Thousands
Lakhs
Ten Lakhs
Crores
Ten Crores
Place value chart
Consider the number: 28,937.
The place value of 7 is 7 (7 x 1) as it is in the ones or units position, place value of 3 is 30 (3 x 10) as it is in the tens position, place value of 9 is 900 (9 x 100) as it is in the hundreds
