Digits have a certain value depending on their place in a number. Look at this Place Value poster.
Hundreds
It is using straws to show the number 126. Look closely at the straws to help you answer the following questions.
What do you think is the value of the 1 in the Hundreds column? What do you think is the value of the 2 in the Tens column? What do you think is the value of the 6 in the Units column?
1. Write the numbers shown on these notation boards: a) b)
HTU HTU Place Value
12 6 Tens Units
2. Write the numbers represented on these notation boards and abacuses: a)
b) HTU HTU c) d)
Strand: Number
Curriculum Objectives: Explore and identify place value in whole numbers, 0–999;
read, write and order three-digit numbers;
round whole numbers to the nearest ten or hundred; explore and identify place value in decimal numbers to one place of decimals.