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why do v write higher place values on left while read them from left to right?

April 26, 2017Left read right v values write

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why do v write higher place values on left while read them from left to right?

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Higher place values go on the left by convention. For example, thousands are written to the left of hundreds, hundreds are written to the left of tens, etc. Numbers are read the same way. For example, we say 1 thousand 3 hundred fifty-four (5 tens 4 units).