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Place Value Exploration

Aisha and Rawiri are packing treats at a local bakery. Read each question carefully. Show your thinking where there is space. Numbers use spaces to separate thousands.

Build and read numbers

Use place value to help the bakery keep its orders organised.

Thousands

Hundreds

Tens

Ones

Number

3 064

1.In the number 3 064 on the chart, what is the value of the digit 6?

6
60
600
6 000

2.Which digit in 3 064 is in the thousands place?

3.Rawiri packs 4 thousands, 2 hundreds, 7 tens and 5 single biscuits. Write the number of biscuits as a numeral.

4.Aisha writes 5 308 as 5 thousands, 3 hundreds and 8 ones. Is she correct? Explain what place the 0 shows.

Compare and continue

The bakery checks order totals before sending them out.

5.Place the order totals 2 450 and 2 405 on the number line. Which total is greater?

6.Fill in the correct symbol, <, > or =: 3 709 3 790.

7.The bakery’s daily order count is 1 260. Count forward in hundreds to complete the next three totals: 1 260, , , .

Bakery number puzzles

Use what you know about place value to solve each situation.

8.A tray label has a 7 in the hundreds place, a 2 in the tens place and a 9 in the ones place. What three-digit number is on the label?

9.Two boxes have batch numbers 4 619 and 4 691. Which batch number is larger? Explain how you decided.

10.Aisha says the digit 4 has the same value in 4 208 and 2 048. Is she right? State the value of 4 in each number.

11.The bakery has 3 584 paper bags. Rawiri rounds this number to the nearest hundred to estimate how many bags to order. What estimate should he use?

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