Question

Explain the relationship between place values and how the place value change as you go to the left and go to the right. Use the numbers 10, 1 and 0.1 in your explanation.

Answer 1

Relationship between place value as we move to the Left or Right

Place value is the value of each digit in a number. For example, the 5 in 350 represents 5 tens, or 50; however, the 5 in 5,006 represents 5 thousand, or 5,000.

when moving to the left the place value of numbers decreases for instance

Hence moving to the right the value of numbers decreases hence we have