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Place Value Introduction

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Place Value Introduction

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📊 Part 1: Understanding Place Value

1. What is the value of the digit 5 in the number 3,521?

5

50

500

5,000

2. In the number 7,849, which digit is in the thousands place?

9

4

8

7

3. Which of these numbers has 6 in the hundreds place? (Check all that apply)

2,634

5,162

1,609

4,067

4. What number is shown by: 4 thousands + 2 hundreds + 0 tens + 7 ones?

4,270

4,207

4,027

2,407

✏️ Part 2: Writing and Expanding Numbers

5. Write the number 6,358 in expanded form:

6,358 = ________ + ________ + ________ + ________

6. Fill in the place value chart for the number 9,142:

Thousands: ______ | Hundreds: ______ | Tens: ______ | Ones: ______

7. What number has:

• 3 in the thousands place

• 0 in the hundreds place

• 8 in the tens place

• 5 in the ones place

Answer: __________

8. Explain in your own words what place value means:

🎯 Part 3: Challenge Questions

9. If you move the digit 4 from the tens place to the hundreds place in the number 2,345, what would the new number be?

Original number: 2,345

New number: __________

10. Draw or describe how you would use base-ten blocks to show the number 1,236:

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