Simple examples of how place values are related by ten

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 🔢 Each place value in a number is ten times greater than the place value to its right.
• 📈 As you move from right to left (ones, tens, hundreds, etc.), you are multiplying by 10.
• 📉 As you move from left to right (hundreds, tens, ones, etc.), you are dividing by 10.
• 📍 Understanding place value is crucial for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
• 🧮 Example: In the number 333, the first 3 represents 300, the second 3 represents 30, and the third 3 represents 3. Each 3 is ten times smaller than the 3 to its left.
• 📐 The concept extends to decimals as well; each decimal place is one-tenth the value of the place to its left.

Practice Quiz

1. What is the value of the digit '2' in the number 235?
1. 3
2. 20
3. 2
4. 200
2. How many times greater is the tens place than the ones place?
1. 1
2. 10
3. 100
4. 0.1
3. In the number 77, which statement is true?
1. Both 7s have the same value.
2. The 7 in the tens place is ten times the value of the 7 in the ones place.
3. The 7 in the ones place is ten times the value of the 7 in the tens place.
4. The 7 in the tens place is one-tenth the value of the 7 in the ones place.
4. What is 400 divided by 10?
1. 4
2. 40
3. 4000
4. 0.4
5. The number 50 is how many times greater than the number 5?
1. 5
2. 10
3. 250
4. 55
6. Which number shows the relationship where the tens place is ten times the ones place?
1. 111
2. 22
3. 333
4. 444
7. What is 10 times 9?
1. 19
2. 90
3. 91
4. 0.9