We use the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 to make numbers.
Where a number consists of more than one digit, the position of each digit indicates what that digit is worth. This is the place value of the digit.
| Thousands | Hundreds | Tens | Units |
| 1000 | 100 | 10 | 1 |
| 3 | 5 | 2 |
In the number 352, the 3 is in the Hundreds column, and is worth 3 x 100 = 300.
The 5 is in the Tens column and is worth 5 x 10 = 50.
The 2 is in the Units column and is worth 2.
The whole number is worth 300 + 50 + 2 = 352.
What is the value of the digit 7 in the number 3706?
7 appears in the hundreds column
7 x 100 = 700.
Answer: 700
Which number has the highest value in this list of numbers?
405, 6744, 34, 9003, 703
Check the thousands values first: the 9 in the thousands column of 9003 is worth more than the 6 in the thousands column of 6744. The other numbers are all less than a thousand.
Answer: 9003
See also Multiplying and Dividing in 10s and Decimals