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Place Value Vocabulary Words and Symbols

Play this matching game to practice these place value symbols and vocabulary words.

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place valuethe value given to the place a digit has in a number
expanded forma way to write a number that shows the place value of each digit
=equal to
<less than
>greater than
decimal pointa symbol used to separate the ones place from the tenths place in a decimal or dollars from cents in money
digitssymbols used to show numbers: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
word forma way to show a number using words
perioda group of three digits in a number that is separated from other groups by a comma
exponenta number that tells how many times another number is used as a factor
basea number multiplied by itself the number of times shown by an exponent
decimala number that uses a decimal point to show tenths, hundredths, thousandths, and so on
standard forma way to write a number that shows only digits
number linea line that shows numbers in order using a scale
equivalent decimalsdecimals that name the same amount
10 to the 4th power10 x 10 x 10 x 10
one hundred10 to the second power (ten squared)
10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10100,000
one million10 to the 6th power
0.01one hundredth
0.6six tenths
0.723seven hundred twenty-three thousandths
315,703three hundred fifteen thousand, seven hundred three
23.09twenty-three and nine hundredths

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