Place Value and Value of

Digits in a
Three-digit Number
Objectives:
• Gives the place value and finds the value of a digit in
three-digit numbers.(M2NS-Ib-10.2)
The place value of a digit in a number is the position of the
digit.

Three place values in a three-digit whole number:

hundred
tens
ones
 Hundreds Tens Ones

1 5 4

In the number 154:

The value of 4 is 4,
The value of 5 is 50,
The value of 1 is 100.
Numbers Digit Place Value Value
1 hundreds 100
184 8 tens 80
4 ones 4
Numbers Digit Place Value Value
9 hundreds 900
947 4 tens 40
7 ones 7
Numbers Digit Place Value Value
4 hundreds 400
436 3 tens 30
6 ones 6
Activity 7
Write the place value of the underlined digit in each given
number.
1. 401 _______________ tens
2. 198 hundreds
_______________
3. 794 _______________ ones
4. 456 _______________ ones
5. 102 hundreds
_______________
Activity 8
Give the value of the underlined digit in each number.
1. 143 _____________40
2. 214 _____________ 4
3. 336 300
_____________
4. 654 _____________50
5. 903 _____________
900
Activity 9
Think of any number that matches the description. Write the
numbers on the blanks.
__________1. A three-digit number with 7 as its hundreds digit.
__________2. A three-digit number greater than 400 and has 8 in the ones
place.
__________3. A three-digit number less than 300 with a digit 2 that has 200
as its value.
__________4. A three-digit number above 500 with the same hundreds and
ones digit.
__________5. A three-digit number with the same tens digit as 438