Large numbers are split into groups of three digits to make them easy to read. In 472 815, the first group is thousands: four hundred seventy-two thousand. The second group is eight hundred fifteen.
Each place is worth ten times the place to its right: ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands, hundred thousands. So in 472 815 the 7 is in the ten thousands place and is worth 70 000.
Worked example
What is the value of the digit 6 in 361 048?
- Count the places from the right: ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands.
- The 6 is in the ten thousands place.
Answer:60 000
Key words
- digit
- one of 0–9
- place value
- what a digit is worth in its position
- ten thousands
- the place worth 10 000
- hundred thousands
- the place worth 100 000
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Common Core-referenced: 4.NBT.A.2