Hundred

Hundred

Grouping of 100 ones in the decimal number system.

Examples

  • In the number 235, the digit 2 occupies the hundreds position and its place value is 200.
  • In the number 3425, the digit 4 occupies the hundreds position and its place value is 400.
  • The value of the digit 6 in the number 654 is “six hundreds” or “600”.
  • One hundred is equivalent to a grouping of 100 ones.

Notation

  • The number 3200 can be read as “thirty-two hundreds”.
  • 1 hundred is equal to 100 ones.
  • 5 hundreds is equal to 500 ones.
  • 1 hundred is equal to 10 tens.
  • 1 thousand is equal to 10 hundreds.

Property

The number 100 is the second positive power of 10: 100 = \(10^2\)

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