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The place value of decimal numbers can be shown the following table:

A pictorial representation of this number is:

Place Value

When we write numbers, the position (or "place") of each digit
is important.

In the number 327:

 the "7" is in the Ones position, meaning 7 ones (which is 7),
 the "2" is in the Tens position meaning 2 tens (which is twenty),
 and the "3" is in the Hundreds position, meaning 3 hundreds.

As we move left, each position
is 10 times bigger!