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Place Value Practice

Use place value to solve each challenge. Show your thinking where you can. Write number words using UK conventions.

Build and read numbers

Look carefully at which column each digit belongs in.

Thousands

Hundreds

Tens

Ones

Number

3,407

1.In 3,407, what is the value of the digit 4? Explain how its column helps you know.

2.A number has 5 thousands, 0 hundreds, 8 tens and 2 ones. Write the number in digits and in words.

3.Which digit is in the tens column in 6,351? Choose one.

4.A scoreboard shows 4,608 points for Team A and 4,680 points for Team B. Which team has more points, and by how many?

Order and investigate

Compare digits from left to right, starting with the greatest place value.

5.Place these four numbers in order from smallest to largest: 2,980; 2,809; 2,890; 2,908.

6.Match each numeral to its number name.

706
2,315
9,040

two thousand three hundred and fifteen
nine thousand and forty
seven hundred and six

7.Decide whether each statement is true or false: (a) In 5,274, the 2 is worth 200. (b) 3,905 is greater than 3,950. (c) The digit 0 in 7,048 stands for zero tens.

8.Write 4,206 in words.

9.Swap the 6 and the 2 in 3,624 to make a new number. What is the new number, and how much greater or smaller is it than the original?

10.Use the digits 1, 4 and 8 once each to make the greatest possible three-digit number and the smallest possible three-digit number. What is the difference between them?