Summary
Math Antics explains place value -- how a digit's position tells you whether it means ones, tens, hundreds or more. A clear, animated 9-minute lesson you can drop straight into a grades 2-4 math block -- pause-friendly, with worked examples on screen.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
A few questions to talk through after watching “Place Value.”
- What does the place of a digit tell you about its value?
- In 3,482, what is the value of the 4?
- How does each place compare to the one to its right?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: digit, place value, ones, tens, hundreds, thousands.
Try it: Write a 4-digit number and say the value of every digit.