Grade 2 Place Value: The Hundreds Place

Learn the hundreds place

What You'll Learn

Understand hundreds
Read 3-digit numbers

📖Hundreds

The third place from the right is the hundreds place! Ten tens make 1 hundred, so in 347 the 3 means 3 hundreds (300), the 4 means 4 tens (40) and the 7 means 7 ones.

💡Zeros hold a place

700 is 7 hundreds, 0 tens and 0 ones. In 507 the 0 shows there are no tens.

Worked examples

Real problems from the practice worksheets, solved one step at a time.

Example 1
Which digit is in the hundreds place of 572?
1. Each digit’s value depends on its place. Look at the hundreds place in 572.
2. Counting from the right, the hundreds place is the third digit.
3. The digit in the hundreds place is 5.
Answer: 5
Example 2
What number is 200 + 70 + 4?
1. To build the number, add the value of each place: 200 + 70 + 4.
2. 200 + 70 + 4 = 274.
Answer: 274
Example 3
Which digit is in the tens place of 627?
1. Each digit’s value depends on its place. Look at the tens place in 627.
2. Counting from the right, the tens place is the second digit.
3. The digit in the tens place is 2.
Answer: 2