T H O U S A N D S |
H U N D R E D S |
T E N S |
O N E S |
5 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
In the table shown above the 5 is in the thousands column, the three is in the hundreds column, the 6 is in the tens column and the 2 is in the ones column. Often a comma is placed between the thousands and hundreds column like this:
5,362
On the next page you will be asked to identify the digit that is in a column. For instance, if you are given the number 3852 and asked which digit is in the tens column, the correct answer would be 5. Another example: if you are shown the number 4192 and asked which digit is in the hundreds column, the correct answer would be 1.
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