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Year 3 · Place Value

Hundreds, tens and ones

Each digit has a place: ones, tens, hundreds, thousands. Its place tells you what it is worth.

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How to do it

  1. Read the digits from the right: ones, tens, hundreds…
  2. Find the place the question asks for.
  3. The digit sitting there is the answer.

Worked example

The tens digit of 347
Put each digit in its column.
4 (worth 40)

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The tens digit of 347 is 4, but it is worth 40.

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