Whole Number and Place Value

posted on: 25 Feb, 2012 | updated on: 26 Oct, 2012

Whole number consists of all the positive integers along with 0. The place value of a digit in a Whole Number is said by the Position of the digit in the whole number. The place value of a number is ten times the place value of a number placed to the right of that number. A number can be separated into periods. Period is a group of three digits. This table shows the place value for various positions of a number say 1435734.

NAME OF POSITION	PLACE
Ones	1435734
Tens	1435734
Hundreds	1435734
Thousands	1435734
Ten Thousands	1435734
Hundred Thousands	1435734
Millions	1435734

The expanded form of 1435734 = 1000000 + 400000 + 30000 + 5000 + 700 + 30 + 4. The number 4 is at ones position, 3 at tens position, 7 at hundreds position and so on. The place value can also be explained as below: