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Understanding Place Value Basics
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Understanding Place Value Basics
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Place-value blocks
1.In the number 68, what does the digit 6 represent?
- 6 ones
- 6 tens
- 6 hundreds
- 60 tens
2.Which number contains 5 tens and 2 ones?
- 25
- 52
- 502
- 57
3.Write the number 84 as a number of tens and ones.
4.How many hundreds, tens and ones are in 736?
Break numbers apart and build them
Number
Hundreds
Tens
Ones
491
208
5.Write 573 in expanded form by adding the value of each digit.
6.Write 6 hundreds, 4 tens and 9 ones as a numeral.
7.Write 3 thousands, 0 hundreds, 7 tens and 2 ones as a numeral.
8.Fill in the missing place-value parts: 820 = hundreds + tens + ones.
9.A number has 4 hundreds, 0 tens and 6 ones. What is the number?
Place-value thinking
10.What is the value of the 5 in 2,518?
- 5
- 50
- 500
- 5,000
11.In 3,642, how much greater is the value of the 6 than the value of the 4?
12.Increase 275 by 1 ten. What number do you get?
- 276
- 285
- 375
- 2,785
13.A number has 8 hundreds, 3 tens and 5 ones. Write the number and then write it in expanded form.
14.Explain what the position of a digit tells you about its value. Use the number 4,271 in your explanation.
15.Draw base-ten blocks to show 143: use hundred flats, ten-rods and unit cubes.
16.Match each numeral to its expanded form.
- 506
- 340
- 2,019
- 781
- 700 + 80 + 1
- 2,000 + 10 + 9
- 500 + 6
- 300 + 40
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