because if you don't know the place value you might have trouble answering the question and you might get it wrong .
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It stops you from adding tens to hundreds, or subtracting thousands from millions. The place value is used to line up columns correctly to ensure that the correct values are being used. The decimal point is the deciding factor in locating the proper numbers.
Subtracting a negative integer is the same as adding its absolute value.
Adding whole numbers is the addition of decimals where the decimal part is zero; in both cases the digits are place value aligned meaning that the decimal points, which lies between the units (or ones) and tenths columns, are aligned - in the whole number the decimal point is "hiding" at the end.
What does it mean to talk about place
Place Value Charts help you because they put the decimal in the right place.