Place value is not only important for whole numbers ... 7 tenths, 5 hundredths and 2 thousandths – the further down we go, the less value the digit has. It might come as a bit of a surprise ...

Place value refers to the value of each digit within a number. In the number \({3,147,286}\) the digit \({2}\) has a value of \({200}\) (two hundred). The digit \({3 ...