What's the value of 3 in 310.25

Mathematics · Middle School · Thu Feb 04 2021

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Given the number:

310.25

Determine the value of 3.

Solution:

In order to determine the value of 3, we must familiarize ourselves first with the number places. The number places are as follow in an ascending order: Ones/units, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands, hundred thousands, millions, hundred millions, and so on. For decimals, the number places starts with; tenths, hundredths, thousandths, ten thousandths, hundred thousandths, and so on.

3 is located 3 units to the left of the decimal point, therefore, we can confirm that 3 is in the hundreds place value.

3 =hundreds place

= 300

Final answer:

Hundreds place

300