We use the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 to make all the numbers we use
If we want to make numbers bigger than 9 we have to put more than one digit together.
Where each digit goes depends on its place in that number.
The 4, 3 and 7 above do not make a number but the 4, 3 and 7 below make the number four hundred and thirty-seven, 437
When we count from 1 to 9, each number is a unit.
To show the number 1 we place 1 in the units column.
We have 1 block or 1 unit so we write the digit 1 in the units column
In this example we have 7 blocks or 7 units
so we write the digit 7 in the units column
Once we have ten units we make a block of ten so we have 1 ten but no units
Here we have 1 block of ten units placed in the tens column and no units.
We write this by putting the digit 1 in the tens column and the digit 0 in the units column.
In this example we have 3 blocks of ten or 3 tens and 2 single blocks or 2 units
so we write the digit 3 in the tens column and the digit 2 in the units column
Once we have ten blocks of ten we make a block of a hundred so we have 1 hundred but no tens and no units
Here we have 1 block of one hundred units or ten tens placed in the hundreds column with no tens and no units.
We write this by putting the digit 1 in the hundreds column, the digit 0 in the tens column and the digit 0 in the units column.
In this example we have 1 block of a hundred, 2 blocks of ten and 3 single blocks or units
so we write the digit 1 in the hundreds column, the digit 2 in the tens column and the digit 3 in the units column
Harvard Reference for this page:
Heather Y Wheeler. (2015). Place Value. Available: http://www.tiffanymacbeth.com/Maths/place_value.htm. Last accessed
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