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Place Value Basics

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Place Value Basics

Read each question carefully. Show your thinking where you can.

Tens and Ones

1.In 86, what is the value of the digit 8?
  • 8 ones
  • 8 tens
  • 8 hundreds
2.Which number is made from 3 tens and 9 ones?
  • 93
  • 39
  • 33
3.The te reo Māori word tekau means ten. Select every number that has 6 tens.
  • 61
  • 16
  • 68
  • 46
4.Complete each number using tens and ones: 47 = tens + ones; 32 = tens + ones; 90 = tens + ones.

Making and Partitioning Numbers

5.Write each number as the sum of its tens and ones: 58 = + ; 74 = + ; 26 = + .

Tens

Ones

5

2

6.For the chart showing 5 tens and 2 ones, write the number and state its tens and ones.
7.Draw tens rods and ones cubes to show 34.
Draw your model in the space below.

Place-value Challenges

8.At a netball tournament, Rawiri counts 4 tens and 3 ones of ticket stubs. What two-digit number is that?
9.Charlotte is thinking of a two-digit number. Its ones digit is 5, and its tens digit is 2 more than its ones digit. What number is it?
10.Ruben has $84 in New Zealand notes and coins. If he uses only $10 notes and $1 coins, how many of each does he need?
11.Explain what the position of a digit tells you in a two-digit number. Give an example.

3 printable pages

  • Place Value Basics, page 1 of 3: Tens and Ones, Making and Partitioning Numbers

    Page 1

  • Place Value Basics, page 2 of 3: Place-value Challenges

    Page 2

  • Place Value Basics, page 3 of 3: 9. Charlotte is thinking of a two-digit number. Its ones digit is 5, and its tens digit…

    Page 3

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