Place value can be expressed in terms of hundreds, tens and ones. For example the number 333 can be represented like this: This chart shows how the number can be partitioned into hundreds ...

Let's compare these numbers using a place value table. We can see straight ... 9732 has 9 thousands, 7 hundreds, 3 tens and 2 ones. 9723 has 9 thousands, 7 hundreds, 2 tens and three ones.