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<p>In the number 47, the digit 4 is in the tens place, meaning it represents forty. The digit 7 is in the ones place, representing seven. Changing the position of these digits changes the value of the number significantly.</p>
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<p>In the number 47, the digit 4 is in the tens place, meaning it represents forty. The digit 7 is in the ones place, representing seven. Changing the position of these digits changes the value of the number significantly.</p>
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<h2>What is the Place Value of 47?</h2>
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<h2>What is the Place Value of 47?</h2>
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<p>Numbers follow a fixed positional structure. The digit on the far right is in the ones place, representing single units. Moving left, the next digit is in the tens place. In the<a>number</a>47, the 4 is in the tens place, representing values in the range<a>of</a>tens, and the 7 is in the ones place.</p>
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<p>Numbers follow a fixed positional structure. The digit on the far right is in the ones place, representing single units. Moving left, the next digit is in the tens place. In the<a>number</a>47, the 4 is in the tens place, representing values in the range<a>of</a>tens, and the 7 is in the ones place.</p>
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<p>A digit’s value depends entirely on its position in a number. The digit itself does not change, but the place it occupies can greatly increase or decrease its value within the<a>whole number</a>.</p>
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<p>A digit’s value depends entirely on its position in a number. The digit itself does not change, but the place it occupies can greatly increase or decrease its value within the<a>whole number</a>.</p>
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<p>For example, 7 in the ones place is 7, but in the tens place, it’s 70.</p>
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<p>For example, 7 in the ones place is 7, but in the tens place, it’s 70.</p>
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<h2>How to Identify the Place Value of 47?</h2>
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<h2>How to Identify the Place Value of 47?</h2>
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<p>In the standard<a>number system</a>,<a>place value</a>is determined starting from the rightmost digit.</p>
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<p>In the standard<a>number system</a>,<a>place value</a>is determined starting from the rightmost digit.</p>
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<p>The<a>sequence</a>begins with ones, followed by tens, hundreds, and so on. Each move to the left increases the value of the place by ten times the place before it.</p>
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<p>The<a>sequence</a>begins with ones, followed by tens, hundreds, and so on. Each move to the left increases the value of the place by ten times the place before it.</p>
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<p>In 47: The digit 7 is in the ones place - value: 7 × 1 = 7</p>
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<p>In 47: The digit 7 is in the ones place - value: 7 × 1 = 7</p>
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<p>The digit 4 is in the tens place - value: 4 × 10 = 40</p>
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<p>The digit 4 is in the tens place - value: 4 × 10 = 40</p>
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<h2>Step-by-Step Process for Determining the Place Value of a Digit</h2>
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<h2>Step-by-Step Process for Determining the Place Value of a Digit</h2>
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<p>Write the number so that all digits are clearly visible. Begin counting positions from the rightmost digit, naming them in order: ones, tens, hundreds, and so on. Identify the specific digit whose place value is required.</p>
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<p>Write the number so that all digits are clearly visible. Begin counting positions from the rightmost digit, naming them in order: ones, tens, hundreds, and so on. Identify the specific digit whose place value is required.</p>
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<p>Determine the value of that place according to its position in the sequence. Multiply the digit by the place value to find its exact worth.</p>
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<p>Determine the value of that place according to its position in the sequence. Multiply the digit by the place value to find its exact worth.</p>
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<p>State the complete value, for example: “4 in the tens place = 40.”</p>
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<p>State the complete value, for example: “4 in the tens place = 40.”</p>
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<h2>Tips and Tricks to Master Place Value</h2>
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<h2>Tips and Tricks to Master Place Value</h2>
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<p>Have you ever tried remembering something by sticking a post-it to your forehead? Place value sticks the same way, as in, it works when you anchor it in your senses and real life.</p>
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<p>Have you ever tried remembering something by sticking a post-it to your forehead? Place value sticks the same way, as in, it works when you anchor it in your senses and real life.</p>
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<p>Let’s load your<a>math</a>toolbox with ideas you can actually use: Draw a place value chart by writing the headings “Ones, Tens, Hundreds, Thousands” across the top. Drop numbers in like puzzle pieces.</p>
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<p>Let’s load your<a>math</a>toolbox with ideas you can actually use: Draw a place value chart by writing the headings “Ones, Tens, Hundreds, Thousands” across the top. Drop numbers in like puzzle pieces.</p>
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<p>Break numbers into parts - For example, 47 becomes 40 + 7, which makes it easier to see. It’s going to be less overwhelming that way.</p>
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<p>Break numbers into parts - For example, 47 becomes 40 + 7, which makes it easier to see. It’s going to be less overwhelming that way.</p>
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<p>Spot them in real life - Find the tens place in street numbers, odometers, or price tags. Point out the tens spot.</p>
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<p>Spot them in real life - Find the tens place in street numbers, odometers, or price tags. Point out the tens spot.</p>
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<p>Say it aloud - For instance, “The 4 in 47 is forty.” Speaking it helps it stick.</p>
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<p>Say it aloud - For instance, “The 4 in 47 is forty.” Speaking it helps it stick.</p>
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<p>Turn it into a game - Pull random digits from a jar and arrange them into numbers, just to hunt for the tens place.</p>
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<p>Turn it into a game - Pull random digits from a jar and arrange them into numbers, just to hunt for the tens place.</p>
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<h2>Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them in Place Value 47</h2>
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<h2>Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them in Place Value 47</h2>
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<p>Even the most careful learners can commit common mistakes when working with numbers. A tiny slip, such as misreading a digit or miscounting a place, can completely change the value of the number like forty-seven. Let’s look at the mistakes that happen most often, and how to sidestep them with ease.</p>
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<p>Even the most careful learners can commit common mistakes when working with numbers. A tiny slip, such as misreading a digit or miscounting a place, can completely change the value of the number like forty-seven. Let’s look at the mistakes that happen most often, and how to sidestep them with ease.</p>
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<h3>Problem 1</h3>
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<h3>Problem 1</h3>
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<p>What’s the place value of 3 in 37?</p>
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<p>What’s the place value of 3 in 37?</p>
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<p>It’s in the tens place → 3 × 10 = 30.</p>
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<p>It’s in the tens place → 3 × 10 = 30.</p>
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<h3>Explanation</h3>
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<p>In 37, the 3 is in the tens place, which is the leftmost digit. That position carries significant weight - each digit here is worth ten. So this isn’t just a three, it’s enough to make thirty all on its own.</p>
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<p>In 37, the 3 is in the tens place, which is the leftmost digit. That position carries significant weight - each digit here is worth ten. So this isn’t just a three, it’s enough to make thirty all on its own.</p>
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<h3>Problem 2</h3>
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<h3>Problem 2</h3>
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<p>Find the place value of 8 in 84.</p>
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<p>Find the place value of 8 in 84.</p>
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<p>Digit 8 sits in the tens place → 8 × 10 = 80.</p>
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<p>Digit 8 sits in the tens place → 8 × 10 = 80.</p>
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<h3>Explanation</h3>
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<h3>Explanation</h3>
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<p>If you read the number carefully, the 8 is sitting in the tens spot. That means it’s worth eight lots of ten, which is eighty in total. Same little digit, but the place it sits changes its value completely.</p>
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<p>If you read the number carefully, the 8 is sitting in the tens spot. That means it’s worth eight lots of ten, which is eighty in total. Same little digit, but the place it sits changes its value completely.</p>
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<p>Well explained 👍</p>
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<h3>Problem 3</h3>
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<h3>Problem 3</h3>
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<p>In 29, what’s the place value of 2?</p>
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<p>In 29, what’s the place value of 2?</p>
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<p>That’s the tens spot → 2 × 10 = 20.</p>
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<p>That’s the tens spot → 2 × 10 = 20.</p>
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<h3>Explanation</h3>
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<p>Here, the 2 is parked in the second position from the right. That’s the tens place, so it stands for two groups of ten - giving us a total of twenty.</p>
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<p>Here, the 2 is parked in the second position from the right. That’s the tens place, so it stands for two groups of ten - giving us a total of twenty.</p>
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<p>Well explained 👍</p>
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<h3>Problem 4</h3>
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<h3>Problem 4</h3>
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<p>What’s the place value of 5 in 56?</p>
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<p>What’s the place value of 5 in 56?</p>
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<p>Okay, lets begin</p>
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<p>Tens place → 5 × 10 = 50.</p>
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<p>Tens place → 5 × 10 = 50.</p>
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<h3>Explanation</h3>
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<p>This time, the 5 sits right at the start of the number. Being in that tens position means it’s worth fifty, not just five. One position makes all the difference.</p>
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<p>This time, the 5 sits right at the start of the number. Being in that tens position means it’s worth fifty, not just five. One position makes all the difference.</p>
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<p>Well explained 👍</p>
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<p>Well explained 👍</p>
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<h3>Problem 5</h3>
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<h3>Problem 5</h3>
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<p>In 73, what’s the place value of 7?</p>
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<p>In 73, what’s the place value of 7?</p>
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<p>Okay, lets begin</p>
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<p>Tens place → 7 × 10 = 70.</p>
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<p>Tens place → 7 × 10 = 70.</p>
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<h3>Explanation</h3>
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<p>In this number, the 7 is the first digit from the left. Its spot is the tens position, so it represents seventy in total. That’s the power of where a digit is placed.</p>
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<p>In this number, the 7 is the first digit from the left. Its spot is the tens position, so it represents seventy in total. That’s the power of where a digit is placed.</p>
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<p>Well explained 👍</p>
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<p>Well explained 👍</p>
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<h2>FAQs on Place Value, 47</h2>
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<h2>FAQs on Place Value, 47</h2>
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<h3>1.Is 47 the same as forty-seven?</h3>
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<h3>1.Is 47 the same as forty-seven?</h3>
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<p>Yes, they<a>mean</a>exactly the same amount. The first is written using digits while the second is written with words. Whether you say “forty-seven” or write 47, you are talking about the same number.</p>
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<p>Yes, they<a>mean</a>exactly the same amount. The first is written using digits while the second is written with words. Whether you say “forty-seven” or write 47, you are talking about the same number.</p>
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<h3>2.Can a decimal have a "tens" place?</h3>
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<h3>2.Can a decimal have a "tens" place?</h3>
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<p>Not in the same way whole numbers do. Once you move into<a>decimals</a>, the value of the digits goes in the opposite direction - tenths, hundredths, thousandths, and so on. These are much smaller parts of a whole, not bigger groups like in whole numbers.</p>
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<p>Not in the same way whole numbers do. Once you move into<a>decimals</a>, the value of the digits goes in the opposite direction - tenths, hundredths, thousandths, and so on. These are much smaller parts of a whole, not bigger groups like in whole numbers.</p>
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<h3>3.Can a number smaller than 10 have a tens place?</h3>
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<h3>3.Can a number smaller than 10 have a tens place?</h3>
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<p>No. The tens place is only there when a number is 10 or more. If a number is smaller, there simply isn’t a digit in that position because the value doesn’t reach that high.</p>
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<p>No. The tens place is only there when a number is 10 or more. If a number is smaller, there simply isn’t a digit in that position because the value doesn’t reach that high.</p>
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<h3>4.Why should one count from the right instead of the left?</h3>
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<h3>4.Why should one count from the right instead of the left?</h3>
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<p>Because place value starts with the smallest units on the far right - the ones place - and each step to the left makes the value ten times bigger. If you start from the left, it’s much harder to see that natural increase in value.</p>
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<p>Because place value starts with the smallest units on the far right - the ones place - and each step to the left makes the value ten times bigger. If you start from the left, it’s much harder to see that natural increase in value.</p>
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<h3>5.What is the place value of 4 in 47?</h3>
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<h3>5.What is the place value of 4 in 47?</h3>
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<p>The 4 is in the tens place, so its value is 40.</p>
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<p>The 4 is in the tens place, so its value is 40.</p>
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<h2>Important Glossaries for Place Value, 47</h2>
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<h2>Important Glossaries for Place Value, 47</h2>
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<ul><li><strong>Place Value -</strong>The value a digit has based on where it is in a number.</li>
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<ul><li><strong>Place Value -</strong>The value a digit has based on where it is in a number.</li>
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</ul><ul><li><strong>Tens Place -</strong>The second position from the right in a number, representing ten times the value of the ones place.</li>
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</ul><ul><li><strong>Tens Place -</strong>The second position from the right in a number, representing ten times the value of the ones place.</li>
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</ul><ul><li><strong>Ones Place -</strong>The first position from the right in a number, representing single units.</li>
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</ul><ul><li><strong>Ones Place -</strong>The first position from the right in a number, representing single units.</li>
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</ul><ul><li><strong>Positional Notation -</strong>A method of expressing numbers where the position of a digit in a number affects its value.</li>
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</ul><ul><li><strong>Positional Notation -</strong>A method of expressing numbers where the position of a digit in a number affects its value.</li>
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</ul><ul><li><strong>Placeholder -</strong>A digit, usually zero, used to maintain the correct position of other digits in a number.</li>
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</ul><ul><li><strong>Placeholder -</strong>A digit, usually zero, used to maintain the correct position of other digits in a number.</li>
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<h3>About the Author</h3>
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<h3>About the Author</h3>
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<p>Hiralee Lalitkumar Makwana has almost two years of teaching experience. She is a number ninja as she loves numbers. Her interest in numbers can be seen in the way she cracks math puzzles and hidden patterns.</p>
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<p>Hiralee Lalitkumar Makwana has almost two years of teaching experience. She is a number ninja as she loves numbers. Her interest in numbers can be seen in the way she cracks math puzzles and hidden patterns.</p>
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<p>: She loves to read number jokes and games.</p>
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<p>: She loves to read number jokes and games.</p>