Basic Arithmetic
Skill-Builder # W - 1
Naming the Place Value of a Digit
Place Value Chart
Trillions Billions Millions Thousands Ones
H T O H T O H T O H T O H T O
6 3 2 0 0 1 5 7 8 9 2 0 4
Note: H stands for Hundreds
T stands for Tens
O stands for Ones (Note: The ones place is also referred to as the units place.)
The number in the chart would be read as “six trillion, three hundred twenty billion, fifteen million,
seven hundred eighty nine thousand, two hundred four.” The place value of the digit 6 is trillion
while the place value of 7 is hundred thousand.
Examples Give the place value of the underlined digit.
1. 315,469
Answer: The place value of 6 is ten.
2. 23,984
Answer: The place value of 3 is thousand.
3. 16, 605,324
Answer: The place value of the underlined 6 is million.
4. 930,405,800
Answer: The place value of 9 is hundred million.
5. 818,045,002,123
Answer: The place value of the underlined 1 is ten billion.
