Place value of digits up to hundreds of thousands
- Draw a place value chart up to hundreds of thousands in your exercise book.
- Fill in the number 623 457 in the place value chart.
HTh | TTh | Th | H | T | O |
- What are the place values of digits 6 and 3?
- Place value of 6 is
- Place value of 3 is
- Talk about the place values of the other digits.
Example 1
What are the place values of digits 2, 8 and 4 in the number 283 497?
Steps
- Draw a place value chart.
- Fill in the digits in their correct place value positions.
Do
HTh | TTh | Th | H | T | O |
2 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 |
The place value of:
2 is hundreds of thousands.
8 is tens of thousands.
4 is hundreds.
Work to do 1
- 9 642
Digit | Place value |
9 | |
6 | |
4 | |
2 |
- 393 423
Digit | Place value |
3 | |
9 | |
3 | |
4 | |
2 | |
3 |
- 5
6372 - 45
289 - 9
85 264 768 925
HTh | TTh | Th | H | T | O |
a) 5 314 | |||||
b) 98 217 | |||||
c) 562 349 | |||||
During a Kenyan premier league match between Gor‑mahia and AFC Leopards, 57 653 fans attended. Find the place value of each digit.
5 | |
7 | |
6 | |
5 | |
3 |
Abacus
- Make an abacus.
- Represent the number 12 962 using the abacus.
TTh | Th | H | T | O |
- Talk about the place value of each digit with other groups.
Example 2
The diagram below shows an incomplete abacus.
![](https://opiqke.blob.core.windows.net/kitcontent/4897f1a7-6b8e-4c58-aed0-6081358ba48c/f249f410-02fe-45aa-b6da-d1d2b23c4655/e115e566-2d02-4629-9f81-3b9b718e6a87_m.png)
Complete the abacus and write down the number represented by the abacus.
Steps
Fill the place values of abacus.
Do
![](https://opiqke.blob.core.windows.net/kitcontent/4897f1a7-6b8e-4c58-aed0-6081358ba48c/f41984f1-727d-424e-9f06-e11657adbf41/35e22e29-2306-440b-a86a-651c81f5ea4f_m.png)
∴ The number is 210 348.
Work to do 2
- 625 437
Digit | Place value |
6 | |
2 | |
5 | |
4 | |
3 | |
7 |
- 293 681
Digit | Place value |
2 | |
9 | |
3 | |
6 | |
8 | |
1 |
- 483 256
∴ - 124 367
∴ - 954 632
∴