Place+Value+Rap

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**The Place Value Rap** //Music by Ben Jacobs, Lyrics by Tim Bedley//

The digits, the digits, they each have a name

Memorize ‘em, Understand ‘em is the game

We start at the decimal, to the left we move

Each place is 10 times bigger, multiply ‘em and we prove

The digits, the digits, they fit in so tight

Greater to the left and lesser to the right

Starting at the decimal, sandwiched in between

Zeroes hold the empty places, haven’t you seen?

The digits, the digits, each one means a lot

You can’t leave ‘em out of the place value spot

Reading big numbers each comma’s a word

“Thousand, Million, Billion,” commas, haven’t you heard? Word!

Ones, Tens, Hundreds, Comma

Thousands, Ten Thousands, Hundred Thousands, Comma

Millions, Ten Millions, Hundred Millions, Comma

Billions, Ten Billions, Hundred Billions, Comma

Let’s take it to the right of the decimal point

We’ve got tenths, hundredths, thousandths, ten thousandths

Smaller than a 1 with a T H