Naming the place
The question
Which place is the 5 in, in 501?
number:501
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number:501
hundreds
- Each column is worth ten times the one to its right.
- Count in from the right: the 5 sits in the hundreds.
- So the answer is the name of that column: hundreds.
How it works.
- 01
Each column is worth ten times the one to its right.
- 02
Count in from the right: the 5 sits in the hundreds.
- 03
So the answer is the name of that column: hundreds.