Hi Kids,
Let us learn the place value through 'Chart method' in this chapter.
In this method, the place value of numbers starting from ‘ones’ will be displayed in a chart in the increasing order from right to left in columns. The values go on from ones to tens, hundreds, thousands, etc.
The digits of the any given number will be written against the place value for easy learning.
| Billions | Millions | Thousands | Ones | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100B | 10B | 1B | , | 100M | 10M | 1M | , | 100Th | 10Th | 1Th | , | 100 | 10 | 1 |
Check the below chart in which 3 is written in ‘ones’ column, 6 is written in ‘tens’ column and 8 is written in ‘hundreds’ column. This means that 863 has 8 ‘hundreds’, 6 ‘tens’ and 3 ‘ones’. It can also be written as 8 x 100 + 6 x 10 + 3 x 1.
| Billions | Millions | Thousands | Ones | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100B | 10B | 1B | , | 100M | 10M | 1M | , | 100Th | 10Th | 1Th | , | 100 | 10 | 1 |
| 8 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||
Let us try finding the place value of few more numbers.
| Billions | Millions | Thousands | Ones | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100B | 10B | 1B | , | 100M | 10M | 1M | , | 100Th | 10Th | 1Th | , | 100 | 10 | 1 |
| 8 | 2 | 3 | , | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
823,415 = Eight hundred twenty three thousand four hundred fifteen.
This number has 823 thousands, 4 hundreds, 1 tens and 5 ones.
| Billions | Millions | Thousands | Ones | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100B | 10B | 1B | , | 100M | 10M | 1M | , | 100Th | 10Th | 1Th | , | 100 | 10 | 1 |
| 3 | , | 1 | 2 | 8 | , | 6 | 8 | 7 | ||||||
3,128,687 = Three million one hundred twenty eight thousand six hundred eighty seven.
Similarly this number has 3 millions, 128 thousands, 6 hundreds, 8 tens and 7 ones.
Learning chart method to find place value of numbers is made easier here.