Maths glossary · Ireland
Place value
The value a digit has because of where it sits in a number.
In our number system each place is worth ten times the place to its right: ones, tens, hundreds, thousands.
Example: In 352, the 5 is worth 50 because it is in the tens place.
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Related words
- Rounding: Changing a number to a nearby, simpler number.
- Digit: One of the ten symbols 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 used to write numbers.
- Expanded form: A way of writing a number as the sum of the value of each digit.