What are place value headings?
A number can be made of more than one digit.
We use place value headings, like ones, tens, hundreds and thousands to help us understand the value of each digit.
Watch: What is place value?
These chaps, the ones, are the smallest numbers.
They go from 1 to 9 but then you run out of numbers.
Ah, don't worry little fella.
We just need some help from the big guys.
Ahem!
Er, bring out the tens!
Place value helps us work out the value of a digit depending on its place or position in a number.
Now let's speed things up and see what happens when we get to 99.
We've run out of numbers again.
So, this time, we need the hundreds.
Now we've got hundreds, tens and ones all on board let's jump forward to the thousands, which are even bigger again!
Then, get ready guys, because next up…it's time to get out of here!
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