Place Value in Math || Concepts and Activity for Kids

Place Value of a digit basically tells you the position of digit in the number.

Let us consider a 4 digit number, 8976 for our reference.
The place value of all the digits is shown by following illustration.

What is Place Value? Explanation for Kids of Grade 1 and Kindergarten from United States of America and Canada

From the above illustration one can observe that:
Digit at extreme right is called Unit Place
Digit before unit place is known as Tens Place
Before Tens Place we have Hundreds and then Thousand place

In the above Example:
⟹ 6 lies in Unit Place
⟹ 7 lies in Tens Place
⟹ 9 lies in Hundreds Place
⟹ 8 lies in Thousands Place

Place Value Location

Understand that from number 0 to 9 we only have unit place in the digits.

Unit Value and  Tens Value of a number



But as we move on to number 10, we now also have Tens place in the number. So from number 10 to 99 we have both Unit and Tens place value in the number

What is unit value and Tens value of number

Now as we move on to number 100 we start having digits in the hundred value. So from number 100 to 999, we have Unit, Tens and Hundred digit values in the number

Place Value of Digits in a number

This is the basic concept of Place Value for student of Grade 1 Math. It is now time to understand the place value of numbers from 1 to 100.

Place Value of Numbers from 0 to 9

NumberNumber in WordsUnit Place Digit
0Zero0
1One1
2Two2
3Three3
4Four4
5Five5
6Six6
7Seven7
8Eight8
9Nine9

Place Value of Numbers from 10 to 20

NumberNumber in WordsTen Place DigitUnit Place Digit
10Ten 10
11Eleven 11
12Twelve12
13Thirteen 13
14Fourteen14
15Fifteen 15
16Sixteen16
17Seventeen17
18Eighteen18
19Nineteen19
20Twenty20

Place Value of Numbers from 21 to 30

NumberNumber in WordsTen Place DigitUnit Place Digit
21Twenty One21
22Twenty Two22
23Twenty Three23
24Twenty Four24
25Twenty Five25
26Twenty Six26
27Twenty Seven 27
28Twenty Eight28
29Twenty Nine29
30Thirty30

Place Value of Numbers from 31 to 40

NumberNumber in WordsTen Place DigitUnit Place Digit
31Thirty One31
32Thirty Two32
33Thirty Three33
34Thirty Four34
35Thirty Five35
36Thirty Six36
37Thirty Seven 37
38Thirty Eight38
39Thirty Nine39
40Forty40

Place Value of Numbers from 41 to 50

NumberNumber in WordsTen Place DigitUnit Place Digit
41Forty One41
42Forty Two42
43Forty Three43
44Forty Four44
45Forty Five45
46Forty Six46
47Forty Seven 47
48Forty Eight48
49Forty Nine49
50Fifty50

Place Value of Numbers from 51 to 60

NumberNumber in WordsTen Place DigitUnit Place Digit
51Fifty One51
52Fifty Two52
53Fifty Three53
54Fifty Four54
55Fifty Five55
56Fifty Six56
57Fifty Seven 57
58Fifty Eight58
59Fifty Nine59
60Sixty60

Place Value of Numbers from 61 to 70

NumberNumber in WordsTen Place DigitUnit Place Digit
61Sixty One61
62Sixty Two62
63Sixty Three63
64Sixty Four64
65Sixty Five65
66Sixty Six66
67Sixty Seven 67
68Sixty Eight68
69Sixty Nine69
70Seventy70

Place Value of Numbers from 71 to 80

NumberNumber in WordsTen Place DigitUnit Place Digit
71Seventy One71
72Seventy Two72
73Seventy Three73
74Seventy Four74
75Seventy Five75
76Seventy Six76
77Seventy Seven 77
78Seventy Eight78
79Seventy Nine79
80Eighty80

Place Value of Numbers from 81 to 90

NumberNumber in WordsTen Place DigitUnit Place Digit
81Eighty One81
82Eighty Two82
83Eighty Three83
84Eighty Four84
85Eighty Five85
86Eighty Six86
87Eighty Seven 87
88Eighty Eight88
89Eighty Nine89
90Ninety90

Place Value of Numbers from 91 to 99

NumberNumber in WordsTen Place DigitUnit Place Digit
91Ninety One91
92Ninety Two92
93Ninety Three93
94Ninety Four94
95Ninety Five95
96Ninety Six96
97Ninety Seven 97
98Ninety Eight98
99Ninety Nine99

Place Value of Numbers from 100 to 109

NumberNumber in WordsHundred Place DigitTen Place DigitUnit Place Digit
100One Hundred100
101One Hundred One101
102One Hundred Two102
103One Hundred Three103
104One Hundred Four104
105One Hundred Five105
106One Hundred Six106
107One Hundred Seven 107
108One Hundred Eight108
109One Hundred Nine109

(01) Find the place values of following numbers

(1) 65
(2) 125
(3) 339
(4) 25
(5) 984
(6) 9
(7) 23
(8) 456
(9) 789
(10) 83

Read Solution
NumberNumber in WordsHundred Place DigitTens Place DigitUnit Place Digit
65Sixty FiveNot Applicable65
125One Hundred Twenty Five125
339Three Hundred Thirty Nine339
25Twenty FiveNot Applicable25
984Nine Hundred Eighty Four984
9NineNot ApplicableNot Applicable9
23Twenty ThreeNot Applicable23
456Four Hundred Fifty Six456
789Seven Hundred Eighty Nine789
83Eighty ThreeNot Applicable83


(02) Finding the right number using place values
Below we have provided you hints regarding place value and you have to guess the right number

(A) 3 Tens and 2 Ones

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Solution
3 Tens Means ⟹ 30
2 Ones Means ⟹ 2

Number will be ⟹ 30 + 2 ⟹ 32

(B) 6 Hundreds and 6 Ones

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Solution
6 Hundreds Means ⟹ 600
6 Ones Means ⟹ 6

Number will be ⟹ 600 + 6 ⟹ 606

(C) 8 Hundreds, 2 Tens and 9 Ones

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Solution
8 Hundreds Means ⟹ 800
2 Tens Means ⟹ 20
9 Ones Means ⟹ 9

Number will be ⟹ 800 + 20 + 9 ⟹ 829

(D) 5 Tens and 9 Ones

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Solution
5 Tens Means ⟹ 50
9 Ones Means ⟹ 9

Number will be ⟹ 50 + 9 ⟹ 59


(E) 9 hundreds, 9 Tens and 9 Ones

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9 Hundreds Means ⟹ 900
9 Tens Means ⟹ 90
9 Ones Means ⟹ 9

Number will be ⟹ 900 + 90 + 9 ⟹ 999


(F) 4 Tens and 14 Ones

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Solution
4 Tens means ⟹ 40
14 Ones Means ⟹ 14

So number is ⟹ 40 + 14 ⟹ 54

(G) 3 Hundreds, 3 Tens and 3 Ones

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Solution
3 Hundreds Means ⟹ 300
3 Tens Means ⟹ 30
3 Ones Means ⟹ 3

Number will be ⟹ 300 + 30 + 3 ⟹ 333

(H) 1 Tens and 6 Ones

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Solution
1 Tens Means ⟹ 10
6 Ones Means ⟹ 6

Number will be ⟹ 10 + 6 ⟹ 16

(I) 7 Hundred, 5 Tens and 3 Ones

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Solution
7 Hundreds Means ⟹ 700
5 Tens Means ⟹ 50
3 Ones Means ⟹ 3

Number will be ⟹ 700 + 50 + 3 ⟹ 753

(J) 1 Hundred, 2 Tens and 3 Ones

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Solution
1 Hundreds Means ⟹ 100
2 Tens Means ⟹ 20
3 Ones Means ⟹ 3

Number will be ⟹ 100 + 20 + 3 ⟹ 123

(K) 2 Hundred, 5 Tens and 10 Ones

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Solution
2 Hundreds Means ⟹ 200
5 Tens Means ⟹ 50
10 Ones Means ⟹ 10

Number will be ⟹ 200+50+10 ⟹ 260



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