Begin with the first digit on the very right and remember that each digit after that will have an increasing value of 10. The digit on the very right is called the "ones" place. The digit immediately to its right is called the "10s" place, (as one multiplied by 10 is 10), then digit after that is the "hundreds" place and so on. If using the number 3,401 as an example, the 3 is in the thousands place, the 4 in the hundreds, the 0 in the tens, and the 1 into the ones place.
Convert a written-out number to numeric form. Note that, in both numeric and written-out form, a comma separates every three place values. For example: "two million, five hundred thirteen thousand, one hundred sixty-two." In numeric form, the number is 2,513,162.
Write out a number originally in numeric form. Use 4,325,698 as the example. Determine the place value of each number and write out the result. You should have four million, three hundred twenty-five thousand, six hundred ninety-eight.
Write out each digit in non-standard form as practice. Using the example 16,543, write it out as an equation: 10,000 + 6,000 + 500 + 40 + 3.