Place value
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Place value in mathematics is the value represented by a digit.
In the decimal system (which is base 10) with digits (0-9) the first column left of the decimal place is the units column, the next column to the left is the tens, the next is the hundreds. The first column right of the decimal place is the tenths column, the next is hundredths, the next is thousandths.
This can be illustrated as H T U . t h th
Place Value Media
Glossary of terms used in the positional numeral systems
Suanpan (the number represented in the picture is 6,302,715,408)
Chinese rod numerals; Upper row vertical form Lower row horizontal form
Example of Simon Stevin's decimal notation.
