place-value notation
nounUK /ˈpleɪs ˈvæljuː nəʊˈteɪʃən/
US /ˈpleɪs ˈvæljuː noʊˈteɪʃən/
A way of writing numbers where each digit's position tells you how much it is worth.
In place-value notation, the 3 in 305 means three hundreds.
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2. A numeral system in which the value of a symbol depends on its position relative to other symbols.
Babylonian mathematics used a base-60 place-value notation.
3. The method of representing numbers by assigning each digit a power of the base according to its position.
Binary place-value notation lets computers store numbers using only 0 and 1.
4. A teaching concept in early math that shows how digits in different columns stand for ones, tens, and hundreds.
The teacher used blocks to explain place-value notation to the class.