Place values: ones up to trillions
A student asked me:
> What is the value of the digit 7 in 789,354,199,033?
To decide place values, we look at all the positions, starting at the decimal point,going right to left.
ones------------------------------------\
tens----------------------------------\ \
hundreds----------------------------\ \ \
\ \ \thousands------------------------\ \ \ \ D
10 thousands-------------------\ \ \ \ \ e
100 thousands----------------\ \ \ \ \ \ c\ \ \ \ \ \ i
millions------------------\ \ \ \ \ \ \ m
10 millions-------------\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ a100 millions----------\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ l
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \
billions-----------\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ P
10billions------\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ o
100 billions---\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ i
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ ntrillions---\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ t
10 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \
trillions--\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ |
100 \ \\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ |
trillions-\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ v
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \+--+--+--+ +--+--+--+ +--+--+--+ +--+--+--+ +--+--+--+
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |*+--+--+--+,+--+--+--+,+--+--+--+,+--+--+--+,+--+--+--+
Write your number into the boxes above. Make sure the last digit of your number goes just before the decimal point in the chart.
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