LET’S TRY ONE
What is the value of the 5 in 562?
500
Five hundreds have a value of 500.
Learning steps & teaching tips
Use hundreds-place value in three- and four-digit numbers.
- Multiply the digit in the hundreds place by one hundred.
- Work through the example. Explain how its evidence supports the answer.
- Try a new question; use the explanation to check your thinking.
Try it together
Write or draw your own example with different numbers. Solve it, then ask a partner to check the method as well as the answer.
Multiply the digit in the hundreds place by one hundred.