| The value of a digit depends on its place in a number. This is its place value. |
| The numbers in a three digit number all a different place value. Example: The number 425 The 4 is in the hundred place. It tells you there are 4 sets of one hundred in the hundred place. 100+100+100+100 = 400 The 2 is in the tens place. It tells you that there are 2 sets of tens in the tens place. 10+10 = 20 The last or right digit is the ones place. It tells you there are 5 ones in the ones place. 1+1+1+1+1 = 5 400+20+5 = 425 4 2 5 | | |__ones place | |_________tens place |________________hundreds place |

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