Question

How do you "explain the place value relationship when the same two digits are next to each other in a multi-digits number

Answer 1

Lets look at the number 221
The first 2 on the left is in the hundreds place and the 2 that follows is in the thens place and the 1 is in the ones place

Let look at the number 3221.
The number after the 3 is in the hundreds place and the 3 number from the left is in the tens place

There are all types of ways to explain.