What is the place value of 5?

In the decimal number system, the place value of 5 depends on its position in the number. If 5 is in the ones place, its value is 5. If 5 is in the tens place, its value is 50. If 5 is in the hundreds place, its value is 500, and so on. Each position to the left represents a value that is 10 times greater than the position to its right.