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Place Value Knowledge

Read each question carefully. Show your thinking where asked. Use a comma to separate thousands.

Recognising Place Value

Number

Thousands

Hundreds

Tens

Ones

Tenths

Hundredths

3,581.46

1.In 6,482.73, what is the value of the digit 4?

4
40
400
4,000

2.Which digit is in the hundredths place in 318.592?

3.Write 9,206.38 as an expanded sum.

4.In 72,405.16, what is the value of the digit 7?

Comparing and Ordering Numbers

5.Choose the symbol that makes this statement true: 6.308 ___ 6.38

6.Choose the symbol that makes this statement true: 14.70 ___ 14.7

7.Choose the symbol that makes this statement true: 3,906 ___ 3,960

8.Put these numbers in order from smallest to largest: 23.04, 23.4, 23.004, 23.14, 23.040.

9.A runner records times of 12.56 seconds, 12.506 seconds and 12.65 seconds. Which time is the fastest?

Using Place Value

10.Losa has $63.47 in a savings jar. What is the value of the 6, 3, 4 and 7 in this amount?

11.Select every statement that is true.

In 451.286, the 8 represents 8 hundredths.
In 3,709, the 7 represents 700.
In 62.54, the 5 represents 5 tenths.
In 8,042, the zero shows there are no hundreds.
In 0.39, the 9 represents 9 hundredths.

12.Use each digit 2, 0, 8, 5, 1 and 6 once to make the largest possible six-digit whole number.

13.Use each digit 2, 0, 8, 5, 1 and 6 once to make the smallest possible six-digit whole number.

14.A number has 5 in the ten-thousands place, 0 in the thousands place, 7 in the hundreds place, 2 in the tens place and 9 in the ones place. Write the number.

15.Explain why 0.6 is greater than 0.06 by naming the place value of the 6 in each number.

16.A shop displays a water bottle for $4.08 and a lunch container for $4.80. Which costs more, and by how much?