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Reading Place Value Blocks

A large cube represents 1,000, a flat represents 100, a rod represents 10, and a small cube represents 1. Read each group of blocks and write the number.

Read the blocks

Use the block key to help you name each place.

1.A model has 3 thousand cubes, 5 hundred flats, 2 tens rods and 7 ones cubes. What number does it show?

2.A model contains 2 thousand cubes, no hundred flats, 4 tens rods and 9 ones cubes. Write its number.

3.Which number is made from 6 thousand cubes, 8 hundred flats, 3 tens rods and 1 ones cube?

6,831
6,381
8,631
6,813

4.A place-value model has 4 thousand cubes, 7 hundred flats, no tens rods and 6 ones cubes. Choose the matching number.

4,706
4,760
4,076
7,406

5.Match each group of blocks to the number it represents.

1 thousand, 3 hundreds, 2 tens, 5 ones
5 thousands, 0 hundreds, 1 ten, 8 ones
3 thousands, 4 hundreds, 6 tens, 0 ones
7 thousands, 2 hundreds, 0 tens, 4 ones

3,460
5,018
7,204
1,325

Build and explain numbers

Think about the value of each digit in its place.

6.Write the number 8,263 as a count of thousand cubes, hundred flats, tens rods and ones cubes.

7.What does the zero in 5,042 tell you about the blocks in that number?

8.A number is made with 3 thousand cubes, 9 hundred flats, 5 tens rods and 2 ones cubes. Expand the number by writing the value of each place and then give the total.

9.A model shows 2,638. Add 1 hundred flat and 4 ones cubes. What number does the model show now?

10.A model has 4 thousand cubes, 2 hundred flats, 7 tens rods and 5 ones cubes. How many more ones cubes are needed to make the number 4,280?