By the end of the sub-strand, the learner should be able to:
- Use the place value and total value of digits up to hundreds of thousands in daily life situations.
- Appreciate the use of place value and total value of digits up to hundreds of thousands in daily life situations.
Example 1
Omondi noted that his favourite marathon runner was wearing the number tag 524 608. He then tried to write the number in a place value chart.
- Show how he wrote the number in the place value chart.
- What is the place value of digit 5 in the number 524 608?
Working
- We write the numbers in a place value chart starting from the ones place value.
Hth | Tth | Th | H | T | O |
5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
- The place value of digit 5 is hundreds of thousands.