The correct answer is: the ones (units) period.
Explanation and steps:
- Definition of a period: In place-value notation, digits are grouped into periods of three (starting from the right). The standard period names from right to left are:
- Ones (units) period — rightmost three digits
- Thousands period — next three digits to the left
- Millions period — the next three digits
- Billions period — next three, and so on.
- How to decide: Find the group of three digits and see where it sits from the right end of the whole number. The rightmost group is the ones period; the second group from the right is the thousands period; the third is the millions period.
- Apply to 913:
- If the group “913” is the rightmost (end) group of the number (for example: 12,345,913), then 913 is in the ones (units) period.
- If the group “913” appears as the second group from the right (for example: 913,245), then 913 would be in the thousands period (meaning 913 thousand).
- If it appears as the third group from the right (for example: 1,913,000,000), it would be in the millions period, etc.
Examples:
- 913 → 913 is the ones period.
- 913,245 → the left group 913 is the thousands period (913 thousands).
- 12,345,913 → the rightmost 913 is the ones period (913 units).
Summary:
By default, when you see the digits 913 as the rightmost three-digit group, the period name is ones (units). If those three digits occur in other group positions, their period name changes accordingly (thousands, millions, etc.).