Give the place value for the indicated digit.

8 in the number 138,350
A) Ones
B) Tens
C) Hundreds
D) Thousands

Reading from left to right the places are:

hundred thousands, ten thousands, thousands, hundreds, tens, ones.

Which place do you think the 8 is in?

thousands

Right

ones tens hundredes thousands

To find the place value of a digit in a number, we count the number of positions to the left of the digit.

In the number 138,350, the digit 8 is in the thousands place.

So the correct answer is D) Thousands.