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PLACE VALUE
• This chart is for reference. The chart overleaf is blank for personal use.
• We use the symbols or digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 to make all our numbers.
• A digit’s place in a number is important. It tells us what that digit is worth.
For example, in the number 645 the 5 means 5 "ones" or "units", the 4 means 4 "tens"
and the 6 means 6 "hundreds". So 645 means 5 + 40 + 600.
PLACE VALUE CHART
Millions
Thousands
Number written in
Number written in
M
100Th
10Th
Th
H
T
U
figures
words
5
6
56
fifty-six
8
8
eight
2
0
2
202
two hundred and two
4
2
0
2
four thousand, two
4 202
hundred and two
5
6
0
8
7
fifty-six thousand and
56 087
eighty-seven
7
0
70
seventy
one hundred and eleven
1
1
1
1
1
1
111 111
thousand, one hundred
and eleven
4
0
4
0
5
forty thousand, four
40 405
hundred and five
seven million, nine
7
9
7
6
0
5
0
7 976 050
hundred and seventy six
thousand and fifty
Group large numbers into blocks of three, starting from
the right hand (units) end. Separate each block with a
space or a comma.
N1/L1.1 Read, write, order and compare numbers, including large numbers (a) understand that the position of a digit signifies
its value (b) know what each digit represents in a number up to 7 digits, inc. use of zero as a place holder