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🎯 Place Value Word Problems: Let’s Solve the Mystery of Numbers! 🎯

Place value is how we know what each digit in a number means. It’s like giving every number its own special seat at the dinner table—ones sit here, tens sit there, and hundreds get their own comfy chair!

Let’s Break It Down Step by Step:

First comes the ones place, then comes the tens place. Oh, and don’t forget the hundreds place when numbers grow big!

Here’s the sing-song way to remember:

“Ones are small, tens are tall, hundreds stand above them all!”

For example: In the number 245, the 2 is worth 200 (because it’s in the hundreds place), the 4 is worth 40 (because it’s in the tens place), and the 5 is worth just 5 (because it’s in the ones place).

Let’s Try a Fun Word Problem Together!

Problem: Lucy has 327 stickers. How many stickers does she have in the tens place?

Solution: First, let’s look at the number 327. The 3 is in the hundreds place, the 2 is in the tens place, and the 7 is in the ones place. So, Lucy has 20 stickers in the tens place. Yay!

Tips for Superhero Parents:

Use toys or snacks to show place values. For example, group grapes into sets of 10 to teach tens!
Make it fun with songs: “Ones are little, tens are bigger, hundreds make us feel much snappier!”
Encourage kids to write numbers on paper and label each place value with colors.

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