Meet Tommy the Turtle! Tommy loves numbers and he's here to teach us about place value. Place value is all about the position of a digit in a number.
In the number 24, the "2" is in the tens place, and the "4" is in the ones place. Let's see what Tommy has to say about it.
Tommy: "Hey there! I'm Tommy the
Turtle. I live in a big pond full of numbers. I like to give each number its
special place! The tens place is like a cozy house for the first number, and
the ones place is like a snug nest for the second number. It helps us
understand how big or small a number is!"