If you rearrange the digits of the number 1 235... - JSS2 Mathematics Understanding the Place Value System Question

Original number: 1,235

'1' in the thousands place:  1,000

'2' in the hundreds place:  200

'3' in the tens place:  30

'5' in the units place:  5

 

Rearranged number: 5,321

'5' in the thousands place:  5,000

'3' in the hundreds place:  300

'2' in the tens place:  20

'1' in the units place:  1

 

Changes:

The '1' moves from thousands to units, changing its value from 1,000 to 1.

The '2' moves from hundreds to tens, changing its value from 200 to 20.

The '3' moves from tens to hundreds, changing its value from 30 to 300.

The '5' moves from units to thousands, changing its value from 5 to 5,000.