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Place Value Addition Subtraction

Place Value Addition Subtraction

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🔢 Part 1: Identifying Place Value

1. Look at the number 47,382. What is the place value of the digit 7?

Hundreds

Thousands

Ten-thousands

Tens

2. In the number 85,629, which digit is in the ten-thousands place?
3. What is the value of the digit 3 in the number 23,847?

3

30

300

3,000

4. Circle all the numbers where the digit 5 is in the hundreds place:

15,642

32,578

45,123

67,859

➕ Part 2: Addition Using Place Value

5. Solve 23,456 + 12,387 using the vertical method. Show your working:
6. Add these numbers by breaking them into place values:

34,672 + 21,195

Ten-thousands: _____ + _____ = _____

Thousands: _____ + _____ = _____

Hundreds: _____ + _____ = _____

Tens: _____ + _____ = _____

Ones: _____ + _____ = _____

Total: __________

7. Sarah collected 15,847 stickers last year and 9,256 stickers this year. How many stickers does she have altogether?

➖ Part 3: Subtraction Using Place Value

8. Solve 56,834 - 23,567 using the vertical method. Show your working:
9. Complete this subtraction by place value:

78,425 - 34,168

Ten-thousands: _____ - _____ = _____

Thousands: _____ - _____ = _____

Hundreds: _____ - _____ = _____

Tens: _____ - _____ = _____

Ones: _____ - _____ = _____

Answer: __________

10. A school has 42,750 books in its library. If 18,395 books are borrowed, how many books remain in the library?

🧠 Part 4: Problem Solving

11. Match each number with the correct place value description:
1. 67,429
2. 83,156
3. 94,738
A. 8 in ten-thousands place
B. 6 in ten-thousands place
C. 9 in ten-thousands place
12. A cinema sold 38,642 tickets in January and 29,758 tickets in February. How many more tickets were sold in January than February?
13. Explain in your own words why understanding place value is important when adding and subtracting large numbers:
14. Create your own 5-digit number and identify the place value of each digit:

My number: __ __ , __ __ __

Ten-thousands place: _____

Thousands place: _____

Hundreds place: _____

Tens place: _____

Ones place: _____

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