Maths Dictionary · JSS 1

Digit

Simple meaning

Any of the symbols 0 to 9 used to write numbers.

Example

The number 407 has three digits: 4, 0 and 7.

See it

From the Place Value and Reading Large Numbers lesson. Try moving things around.

Millions
Thousands
Units

4 in the millions place is worth4 × 1,000,000 = 4,000,000

4,705,382

four million, seven hundred and five thousand, three hundred and eighty-two