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Place Value Investigation

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Place Value Investigation

Base-10 blocks and place value chart illustration

🔍 Part 1: Understanding Place Value

1. Look at the number 4,672. What is the value of each digit?

The digit 4 is in the _____________ place and has a value of _____________

The digit 6 is in the _____________ place and has a value of _____________

The digit 7 is in the _____________ place and has a value of _____________

The digit 2 is in the _____________ place and has a value of _____________

2. Write the number 3,845 as a sum of its parts:

3,845 = _______ + _______ + _______ + _______

3. Which digit has the greatest value in the number 2,591?

2

5

9

1

4. What happens to the value of the digit 3 when it moves from 1,340 to 3,140?

It becomes 10 times smaller

It becomes 10 times larger

It stays the same

It becomes 100 times larger

📊 Part 2: Number Line Investigation

5. On the number line below, mark where these numbers would be located:

Number line: 0 _____________________ 5,000 _____________________ 10,000

Numbers to place: 1,500 7,200 3,800 9,100

6. Which number is closest to 6,000?

5,892

6,134

5,750

6,289

7. If you start at 4,230 and jump 100 to the right on a number line, where do you land?

Answer: _____________

Explain how you know: _________________________________________________

💰 Part 3: Real-Life Connections

8. A shop has $2,456 in their cash register. Write this amount using place value:

_____ thousands + _____ hundreds + _____ tens + _____ ones

This equals: _____ thousand-dollar notes + _____ hundred-dollar notes + _____ ten-dollar notes + _____ one-dollar coins

9. The distance from Sydney to Melbourne is 8,760 kilometres. What is the value of the digit 7 in this number?
10. Reflection: How did using blocks or number lines help you understand place value today?

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