Naming the place, step by step
In 347 the underlined 4 sits in the tens place — and being able to say so is what a column is for.
The question
Which place is the 5 in, in 501?
number:501
number:501
number:501
hundreds
- Each column is worth ten times the one to its right. Counting them is what tells you the value; the name on its own is the thing that goes wrong under pressure.
- 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. Counting them is what tells you the value; the name on its own is the thing that goes wrong under pressure.
- 02
Count in from the right: the 5 sits in the hundreds.
- 03
So the answer is the NAME of that column: hundreds.