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Indian System
Periods Crores Lakhs Thousands Ones
PLACES Ten Crores 100000000 Crores 10000000 Ten Lakhs 1000000 Lakhs 100000 Ten Thousands 10000 Thousands 1000 Hundreds 100 Tens 10 Ones 1
This chart is used for grouping digits in India. Thus, it is known as the Indian Place
Value Chart.
In this chart, the first periods from right to left is known as ONES PERIOD. It contains
three places — ones or unit, tens and hundreds.
The second period is known as THOUSANDS PERIOD. It contains two places —
thousands and ten thousands.
The third period and the fourth period are known as LAKHS and CRORES PERIODS and
each period contains two places — lakhs and ten lakhs places and crores and ten crores
places, respectively. Each period is separated by a comma ( , ).
International System
In International System, the digits are grouped differently from the Indian System. In
this system, the digits are grouped into different periods and each period contains
three places. The first period from right to left is called ONES PERIOD. The second and
the third periods are called THOUSANDS and MILLIONS PERIODS, respectively. Each
period has ones, tens and hundreds places.
See the chart given below :
Periods Millions Thousands Ones
H T O H T O H T O
PLACES 100 Millions 100000000 10 Millions 10000000 Millions 1000000 100 Thousands 100000 10 Thousands 10000 Thousands 1000 Hundreds 100 Tens 10 Ones 1
a. 4 3 2 1 4 5 6 7
b. 6 4 9 8 2 3 4 5 8
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