Video Transcript
Select the number that has a two in
the hundreds place.
We’re given four numbers as
possible answers to this question. Can you see? They’re all made up of three
digits. And our job is to select or to
choose the number that has the digit two in the hundreds place. Now, we know that the digits in
three-digit numbers like this all have a different value. If we read each number from left to
right, the digits are worth hundreds, tens, and ones.
Let’s look at the first number to
begin with. It’s made up of a six followed by a
two and then a three. This number has a two in it. But when we look at our grid, we
can see that the two is in the tens place. This isn’t the number we’re looking
for, is it? The digit two has a value of two
tens or 20. And we read this number as 623.
Our second number starts off with a
seven. So that’s a seven in the hundreds
place. We can see straight away that this
isn’t the number we’re looking for, is it? It has five tens. And this number also includes a
digit two. But this time, it’s in the ones
place. In this number, the digit two has a
value of just two. And we’d read this number as
752.
Now, this next number is the number
we’re looking for. But can you see why? Maybe if we write it on our grid,
you’ll be able to see. We have two in the hundreds
place. The rest of the number has a four
in the tens place, which is the same as 40, and a five in the ones place, 245. This is the number that has a two
in the hundreds place. And if we just check the last
number, we can see this contains two twos. But neither of them are in the
hundreds place, are they? We know that when we read a
three-digit number from left to right, the first digit we see is the hundreds
place. And the only one of these numbers
that has a two in the hundreds place is 245.
