Place value can be expressed in terms of hundreds, tens and ones. For example the number 333 can be represented like this: This chart shows how the number can be partitioned into hundreds ...

The place value chart shows the number 6396. There are 6 thousands, 3 hundreds, 9 tens and 6 ones. To divide this by 3, look at the values in the individual columns. 6 thousands divided by 3 is 2 ...