What is the value of the number 6 in the number 6,890?
Place value is an important concept in mathematics. It is used to express a number and to compare the size of numbers. It can help you add and subtract large numbers.
What is Place Value?
place: The position of a digit in a number. value: The amount that a digit represents in a number. place value system: A way of writing numbers that uses groups of digits to represent different amounts.
Concepts:
What is the most important thing you should remember about place value?
- It helps you understand how to represent numbers.
- It helps you understand how to add and subtract larger numbers.
- It helps you understand how to multiply and divide larger numbers.
- It helps you understand how to use fractions.
The highest place value in the decimal system is 10 to the power of 100, which is called a googol! The Indian number system was the first place value system. The highest place value in the Roman numeral system is 1000.
Fun facts:
Draw / write: How can you explain the place value system to someone who has never heard of it before?
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