The place value of numbers in the millions is as follows:
- Ones (units): This is the digit on the rightmost side of the number. It tells us the number of individual units.
- Tens: This is the digit to the left of the ones digit. It tells us the number of groups of 10.
- Hundreds: This is the digit to the left of the tens digit. It tells us the number of groups of 100.
- Thousands: This is the digit to the left of the hundreds digit. It tells us the number of groups of 1000.
- Millions: This is the digit to the left of the thousands digit. It tells us the number of groups of 1,000,000.
For example, the number 123,456,789 is read as “one hundred twenty-three million four hundred fifty-six thousand seven hundred eighty-nine”.
The millions place is the first place value to the left of the ones place. It is the place value of a number that is a multiple of 1,000,000.
So, the millions place value of the number 123,456,789 is 1.
In this number:
- There are 8 millions = 8 000 00
- There are 7 hundreds of thousands = 700 000 (700 thousand)
- There are 3 tens of thousands = 30 000 (30 thousand)
- There are 4 thousands = 4000
- There are 2 hundreds = 200
- There are 5 tens = 50
- There are 6 units = 6