Place value
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Whole-number place-value chart
Read the twelve whole-number places from hundred billions through ones. A fixed example, 123,456,789,012, connects each digit with its place and the full number name.
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Use this completed reference to follow the digits in reading order. Read each three-digit period, then name the period before moving to the next group.
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What this reference explains
Read a large whole number by its three-digit periods and explain how a digit’s position determines its value.
Read a place together
In 123,456,789,012, what is the value of the 7?
700,000
The 7 is in the hundred-thousands place. It represents seven groups of one hundred thousand, even though it is only one written digit.
Teaching notes
Connect the labels with the number
- The panels read left to right, then continue on the next row: billions, millions, thousands and ones.
- Use the complete number above the panels to keep the groups connected. The split panels make the place labels readable; they are parts of one number.
- The zero in the last period holds the hundreds place. The final group 012 is read as twelve, not as three unrelated digits.
- This is a fixed reference chart, not a random exercise. Changing the paper, note or worksheet language preserves its digits.
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