 In math, every digit in a number has a place value.

 
 Here’s an example showing the relationship between the place or position and the place value of the
digits in a number.
 To find the value of the digit, multiply the digit by its place value.

 In the previous grade, you learned how to read and write numbers through the hundred thousands place.
 This time you will extend the place value position of the numbers through ten millions.
The place value chart shows the names of each place value position in the base-10 numeration system. In
this place value system, we use the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 to write or name numbers. Zeros
may stand for nothing, but that doesn’t mean you can leave them out. Zeros are used as placeholder. They
keep other digits in the correct places.

 Let us locate the place value of each digit.

 We can express this number in expanded form by adding all the value of each digit.

 When writing numbers, digits are grouped in threes. For example, we write 423 315 118. Starting with the
ones place, set off groups of three digits.
Commas or spaces are usually used to separate periods to help you read the number more easily.
Starting from the left, read each three-digit group.  Then say the name of the
period. To distinguish the period, place comma in the number. Starting from
the right, place commas every three digits: When a period is absent, we do
not say its name; we do not say, "Seven billion, no million, ...

 The place value system provides names for these periods starting from the right: Ones or Units,
Thousands, Millions, and so on.
 Let us try to read this number, 128 314 218
 First, start at the left. Read the 3-digits in the first comma. Say the name of the period – 128
million.
 Next, read to the 2nd comma. Say the name of the next period – 314 thousand.
 Lastly, read the three-digit number in the ones period – 218. (Note: You don’t say the name of the
ones period)