Place Value Calculator
See the value of each digit in a number, its expanded form and its name in words, with international or Indian place names.
About the Place Value Calculator
In our number system each place is worth ten times the place to its right: ones, tens, hundreds, thousands. The digit 3 in 4,327 is worth 300 because it's in the hundreds place.
Indian place names group differently after the thousands: ten thousands, then lakhs (1,00,000) and crores (1,00,00,000). Choose the place names you use at school.
The formula
4,327 = 4 × 1,000 + 3 × 100 + 2 × 10 + 7
Worked example
45,307
- = 40,000 + 5,000 + 300 + 7
- Forty-five thousand three hundred seven
Questions people ask
What's the difference between face value and place value?
The face value of 3 in 4,327 is just 3; its place value is 300.
Why is there no 0 in the expanded form?
A zero digit is worth nothing, so it's left out: 45,307 has no tens.