Place Value Math Example 5

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Example 5

medium
A number has 5 in the thousands place, 0 in the hundreds place, 3 in the tens place, and 8 in the ones place. What is the number?

Solution

  1. 1
    Thousands: 5×1000=50005 \times 1000 = 5000. Hundreds: 0×100=00 \times 100 = 0. Tens: 3×10=303 \times 10 = 30. Ones: 8×1=88 \times 1 = 8.
  2. 2
    Combine: 5000+0+30+8=5,0385000 + 0 + 30 + 8 = 5{,}038.

Answer

5,0385{,}038
Building a number from its place-value description requires writing the digit in each position in order. The zero placeholder in the hundreds place is critical — omitting it gives the wrong number (538 instead of 5,038).

About Place Value

The value a digit represents based on its position in a number; the same digit means different amounts in different places.

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More Place Value Examples

Example 1 easy

Write the number [formula] in expanded form.

Example 2 medium

In the number [formula], what is the value of the digit [formula]?

Example 3 medium

What is the value of the digit 7 in the number [formula]?

Example 4 easy

What number is 100 more than [formula]?

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