Skill: Determine the value of a digit

A digit’s value depends on its place in a number:

• Ones place: worth $1$
• Tens place: worth $10$
• Hundreds place: worth $100$

Each place is $10$ times the place to its right.

Example: What is the value of the digit $7$ in $572$?

1. Find the digit $7$:

$$572$$

2. Look at its place. The $7$ is in the tens place.

3. Each digit in the tens place is worth $10$ times its digit:

$$7 \text{ tens} = 70$$

So, the value of the digit $7$ in $572$ is $70$.

The number can also be written in expanded form:

$$572 = 500 + 70 + 2$$