Find the hundreds digit

💡 How it plays and why it helps

In 918, which digit tells how many hundreds? Find the hundreds digit asks that on every card, with a new three-digit number each time and all three digits different. Your child types a single digit. Ten cards make a round in this Grade 2 game, and every answer is checked. A hint is there for a stuck moment.

Place sets value. In 472, the 4 means 4 hundreds, the 7 means 7 tens, the 2 means 2 ones. The hint says where to look: in a three-digit number, the first digit on the left. Because no digit repeats on a card, each place holds something different, so a lucky guess from the wrong place never passes.

Digit and value are easy to mix. For 918, typing 900 gives what the 9 is worth, not the digit itself. Ask, "Does the card want the digit or what it is worth?" Covering the tens and ones with a finger helps. Then say, "You found the digit in the hundreds place."