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.