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Place Value Basics

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Place Value Basics

Read and build numbers by recognising the value of each digit. Show your working where asked.

Read the digits

Each digit has a value determined by its position.

1.In 628, what is the value of the digit 6?
2.In 415, what is the value of the digit 1?
  • 1
  • 10
  • 100
  • 400
3.Write 583 as hundreds, tens and ones.
4.Which digit is in the tens place in 762?
5.Match each number to its correct partition.
  • 374
  • 806
  • 591
  • 420
  • 500 + 90 + 1
  • 300 + 70 + 4
  • 400 + 20 + 0
  • 800 + 0 + 6

Build and partition numbers

Use place-value parts to show how each number is made.

6.Complete the number sentence: 347 = hundreds + tens + ones.
7.Write 692 as an addition sentence using hundreds, tens and ones.
8.A number has 4 hundreds, 2 tens and 9 ones. What is the number?
9.Draw base-ten blocks to represent 316. Use a large square for each hundred, a line for each ten and a dot for each one.

Stretch your place-value thinking

These questions include thousands and two-digit numbers.

10.In 3,572, what is the value of the digit 5?
11.In 6,241, what is the value of the digit 6?
12.In 2,084, what is the value of the digit 8?
  • 8
  • 80
  • 800
  • 8,000
13.In the number 53, what is the value of the digit 5?
14.In the number 81, what is the value of the digit 1?
15.Why does the digit 4 have a different value in 4,321 and 1,243?

4 printable pages

  • Place Value Basics, page 1 of 4: Read the digits

    Page 1

  • Place Value Basics, page 2 of 4: Build and partition numbers

    Page 2

  • Place Value Basics, page 3 of 4: Stretch your place-value thinking

    Page 3

  • Place Value Basics, page 4 of 4: 15. Why does the digit 4 have a different value in 4,321 and 1,243?

    Page 4

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