Arithmetic and pre-algebra Multiplication and division Place value Place Value 1 Place Value 2 Place Value 3 Place value Place Value 1 Place Value 1 Practice this concept Back Place Value 1 ⇐ Use this menu to view and help create subtitles for this video in many different languages. You'll probably want to hide YouTube's captions if using these subtitles. Find the place value of 3 in 4,356. Now, whenever I think about place value, and the more you do practice problems on this it'll become a little bit of second nature, but whenever I see a problem like this, I like to expand out what 4,356 really is, so let me rewrite the number. So if I were to write it-- and I'll write it in different colors. So 4,356 is equal to-- and just think about how I just said it. It is equal to 4,000 plus 300 plus 50 plus 6. And you could come up with that just based on how we said it: four thousand, three hundred, and fifty-six. Now another way to think about this is this is just like saying this is 4 thousands plus-- or you could even think of "and"-- so plus 3 hundreds plus 50, you could think of it as 5 tens plus 6. And instead of 6, we could say plus 6 ones. And so if we go back to the original number 4,356, this is the same thing as 4-- I'll write it down. Let me see how well I can-- I'll write it up like this. This is the same thing is 4 thousands, 3 hundreds, 5 tens and then 6 ones. So when they ask what is the place value of 3 into 4,356, we're concerned with this 3 right here, and it's place value. It's in the hundreds place. If there was a 4 here, that would mean we're dealing with 4 hundreds. If there's a 5, 5 hundreds. It's the third from the right. This is the ones place. That's 6 ones, 5 tens, 3 hundreds. So the answer here is it is in the hundreds place. Questions Tips & Feedback Be specific, and indicate a time in the video: At 5:31, how is the moon large enough to block the sun? Isn't the sun way larger? Have something that's not a question about this content? Post a tip or feedback General discussion about the site Report a technical problem with the site Request a video or feature This discussion area is not meant for answering homework questions. Formatting tips Cancel or ( total) Share a tip When naming a variable, it is okay to use most letters, but some are reserved, like 'e', which represents the value 2.7831... Suggest a fix At 2:33, Sal says "double bonds" but should say "single bonds." Have something that's not a tip or feedback about this content? Ask a question General discussion about the site Report a technical problem with the site Request a video or feature This discussion area is not meant for answering homework questions. Formatting tips Cancel or Discuss the site For general discussions about Khan Academy, visit our Reddit discussion page. Flag inappropriate posts Here are posts to avoid making. If you do encounter them, flag them for attention from our Guardians. abuse disrespectful or offensive an advertisement not helpful low quality not about the video topic soliciting votes or seeking badges a homework question a duplicate answer repeatedly making the same post wrong category a tip or feedback in Questions a question in Tips & Feedback an answer that should be its own question about the site a question about Khan Academy (Visit our FAQ) a post about badges a technical problem with the site (Report a problem) a request for videos or features
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