Place Value Quiz

Number Systems

• We use the base 10 number system in math.

Base 10 Number System

• The base 10 number system uses 10 symbols: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9.
• In the base 10 number system, the digit '0' represents the concept of "nothing" or the absence of quantity.

International Representation

• In some countries, a comma is used every three number places to separate thousands and millions places.

Place Value

• If the digit '5' is in the tens place, it represents 5 tens or 50.
• The ones place is used to count individual items one at a time, such as counting individual apples.
• The maximum number that can be represented using the ones and tens place is 99.

Expanded Form

• The expanded form of the number 324 is 300 + 20 + 4.
• The expanded form of the number 6,715 is 6,000 + 700 + 10 + 5.

Number Places

• The number place that represents groups of one-hundred is called the hundreds place.
• The pattern for the number places in the base 10 system is: ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten-thousands, and so on.

Test your knowledge of place value in the base 10 number system with this quiz! See if you can identify the value of digits in different positions and understand how our basic number system works.