Place Value

📘 Place Value (Grade 3)

🟦 Definition

Place value tells us what each digit in a number means, based on its position.
In Grade 3, we learn place value up to 10,000 and beyond.

🔢 Place Value Chart

Thousands

Hundreds

Tens

Ones

3

4

2

7

Number: 3,427

• 3 is worth 3,000
  
  

• 4 is worth 400
  
  

• 2 is worth 20
  
  

• 7 is worth 7
  
  

🧊 Example

What is the value of the 6 in 6,218?
Answer: 6,000

🧠 Why It Matters

Place value helps us:

• Read and write large numbers
  
  

• Compare numbers
  
  

• Add, subtract, and round correctly