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Place Value Basics

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Place Value Basics

Read each question carefully. Choose, write, or draw your answers. Remember: a digit’s place tells its value.

Read the Digits

1.In 56, which digit is in the tens place?
  • 5
  • 6
  • 56
  • 50
2.What is the value of the 7 in 72?
  • 7
  • 2
  • 70
  • 72
3.Select every number that has 4 in the ones place.
  • 34
  • 48
  • 64
  • 41
  • 74
4.Match each number to the value of its tens digit.
  • 39
  • 81
  • 46
  • 25
  • 80
  • 20
  • 40
  • 30
5.For the number 63, write the tens digit, the ones digit, and the value of the 6.

Build and Break Apart Numbers

6.A number is made from 4 tens and 2 ones. What is the number?
7.Write the number made from 6 tens and 0 ones.
8.Write 8 tens and 5 ones as a number.
9.Draw base-ten blocks to show 35. How many tens rods and how many ones cubes should you draw?
10.In 27 and 72, the digit 2 is in a different place. What is its value in each number?

Stretch Your Thinking

11.In 184, what value does each digit represent?
12.Nia has 5 tens and 3 ones. Write the number she has, then state the value of each digit.

3 printable pages

  • Place Value Basics, page 1 of 3: Read the Digits

    Page 1

  • Place Value Basics, page 2 of 3: Build and Break Apart Numbers

    Page 2

  • Place Value Basics, page 3 of 3: Stretch Your Thinking

    Page 3

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