In our decimal number system, the value of a digit depends on its place, or position, in the number.
Each place has a value of 10 times the place to its right.
A number in standard form is separated into groups of three digits using commas.
Beginning with the ones place at the right, each place value is multiplied by increasing powers of 10. For example, the value of the first place on the right is "one", the value of the place to the left of it is "ten," which is 10 times 1. The place to the left of the tens place is hundreds, which is 10 times 10, and so forth.
For easier readability, commas are used to separate each group of three digits, which is called a period. When a number is written in this form, it is said to be in "standard form."
Example:
one billion, sixty million, five hundred twenty thousand is 1,060,520,000 = 1,000,000,000 + 60,000,000 + 500,000 + 20,000
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