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Place value of the numbers
The positional value is the position in which a digit is located with respect to a number, the highest value digit is the one on the left and the lowest value is the digit on the right. For example:
357.894
The highest value digit is 3 that corresponds to 300,000 or 3 hundreds thousands and the lowest value is 0.004 or 4 thousandths.
Positional value table
The following table corresponds to the reading or as the number would be written, a representation is made with the number 1 indicating the position that would have the digit to analyze.
| 1000000000 | Billions |
|---|---|
| 100000000 | Hundred millions |
| 10000000 | Ten millions |
| 1000000 | Millions |
| 100000 | Hundred Thousands |
| 10000 | Ten Thousands |
| 1000 | Thousands |
| 100 | Hundreds |
| 10 | Tens |
| 1 | Ones |
| . | Decimal point |
| 0.1 | Tenths |
| 0.01 | Hundredths |
| 0.001 | Thousandth |
| 0.0001 | Ten Thousandths |
| 0.00001 | Hundred Thousandth |
| 0.000001 | Millionths |
Examples are to reinforce knowledge.
- 13.4
- Your writing regarding the position would be: Thirteen whole point four tenths.
- Position value of each number:
- 10: Corresponds to 1 ten.
- 3: Corresponds to 3 ones.
- 0.4: Corresponds to 4 tenths.
- 2.05
- Your writing regarding the position would be: Two whole point five hundredths.
- Valor posición de cada number:
- 2: Corresponds to 2 ones.
- 0.05: Corresponds to 5 hundredths.
- 15.207
- Your writing with respect to the position would be: Fifteen whole point two tenths seven thousandths .
- Valor posición de cada number:
- 10: Corresponds to 1 ten.
- 5: Corresponds to 5 ones.
- 0.2: Corresponds to 2 tenths.
- 0.007: Corresponds to 7 thousandths.