Some examples of Place Value

We discussed about the place values in my previous post. Now lets work on it lets solve a few problems on them, other words lets find the place value of few numbers.

Problem No 1:- Find the Place value of the number 5,61,268

Hundred thousands	Ten thousands	Thousands	Hundreds	Tens	Ones
5	6	1	2	6	8

Above number can be written as five lakh sixty one thousand two hundred and sixty eight. Here we see the numbers and their place value. Lets try the same using decimal.

Problem No.2: Now lets solve a place value with decimal number.

To understand the concept of place value in decimal number. Let us consider a number like 34.568

In this the first digit is 3 is at tens place. this number has 3 tens.

The second digit is 4 at ones place means this number has 4 ones.

The third digit is 5 is after decimal hence it is at tenth place. it means this number has 5 tenth.

The fourth digit is 6 is at hundredth place. it means this number has 6 hundredth.

The fifth digit is 8 is at thousandth place means this number has 8 thousandth.

Above we have discussed problem on decimals also. This was a very easy method to improve on place value. Isn't it?

Now that you are aware of finding the numeric place value try out some examples by yourself and check if you have understood the concept well. Let me know your views and if you have some topics to be discussed let me know and we will work on it together.