Place Value Song For Kids | Up To The Millions | 3rd - 5th Grade

Q.Why is it important that students learn about Place Value?
A. Learning about Place Value helps us understanding the meaning of each digit in a multi-digit number. Being able to bundle up 10 ones, because of the luxury of a tens place, allows us to express numbers like 10 and above efficiently without having to create a new digit for each number. Simply stated, place value helps us make sense of increasingly large (and small) numbers while saving time and energy communicating these values to one another.

Can you imagine having to use 100 different symbols to express values from one to one-hundred? Can you imagine not having an easy way of telling of somebody just gave you $500 or $5,000? Without the current base-10 place value system, our modern lives would be most confusing to say the least!

Q. What grade levels does this video target?
A. 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade | year 3, year 4

Q. Where did you guys come from?
A. Numberock is a project that I, Mr. Hehn, began as a 5th Grade math teacher of 7 years. It came together after years of experimenting with my lessons trying to figure out the best way to help my students retain the math concepts they were learning.

Q. Does Numberock drive real results in the classroom?
A. I knew I found the secret sauce when not only were my students retaining the concepts longer, they were singing the songs outside of the classroom during recess and at home with their parents during dinnertime. The songs were so catchy, my students couldn't get the math songs out of their head!

During testing, I often found my students humming the melodies in order to jostle their memory of a rule or problem solving process. As we've all experienced, there is something about the power of music that allows us to retain information easier and for longer periods of time. Without getting into the finer details of multi-sensory learning and how it often helps the students who most need the help, the power of a catchy song is hard to deny.

Q. I love your songs. Where can I experience more of what NUMBEROCK has to offer?
We have a fun variety of Place Value Song-themed teaching resources. Learn more at