Grade 3

What is a digit?

digit

One single number symbol, from 0 to 9. The number 42 has two digits.

For example

In 358 the digit 5 stands for fifty, not just five.

In Grade 3

Children build numbers with place value cards so that each digit's position gives it its size.

Watch out for

Children often read the digit 5 in 358 as plain five. Its place is what makes it worth fifty.

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Say a three digit number and ask your child what each digit is really worth.

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