KS2 Maths Quiz: Master Place Value in Numbers

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Maths Quiz - Place Value (Year 5) (Questions)

In KS2 Maths, you'll learn about special numbers! Imagine numbers have homes, and the place they live changes their value. Year Five kids are maths experts, knowing about thousands, hundreds, tens, ones, tenths, and hundredths. They're now pals with hundred thousands! They even know cool tricks like 10 x 10 = 100. They're superstars at writing numbers using words and digits.

Every digit has a special job, depending on where it lives in a number. The number 2 can be 2 ones, 2 tens, 2 hundreds, or 2 thousands! That's like being 2, 20, 200, or 2,000. Can you guess what number has 4 hundreds, 3 tens, and 5 ones? It's 435!

Test your place value skills with a fun quiz for 9-10-year-olds. Let's see how much you remember!

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What does the digit 3 in 36,218 represent?

[ ]	30
[ ]	300
[ ]	3,000
[ ]	30,000

What is the value of the digit 9 in 28,945?

[ ]	90
[ ]	900
[ ]	9,000
[ ]	90,000

Which is the number that is equivalent to sixty-two thousand seven hundred and eighty-two?

[ ]	62,782
[ ]	620,872
[ ]	628,072
[ ]	627.82

Which is 48,921 in words?

[ ]	Four hundred thousand eighty nine hundred and twenty one
[ ]	Forty eight thousand nine hundred and twenty one
[ ]	Forty eight thousand and twenty one
[ ]	Four hundred and eight thousand nine hundred and twenty one

What does the digit 4 in 401,253 represent?

[ ]	400
[ ]	4,000
[ ]	40,000
[ ]	400,000

What is the value of the digit 1 in 420,108?

[ ]	100
[ ]	1,000
[ ]	10,000
[ ]	100,000

Which is the number that is equivalent to three hundred and seventy-four thousand and fifty-two?

[ ]	37,452
[ ]	3,074,052
[ ]	307,452
[ ]	374,052

Which has the smallest value?

[ ]	40,000
[ ]	41 thousands
[ ]	410 hundreds
[ ]	4,100 tens

What needs to be added to 45,612 to make 45,912?

[ ]	30
[ ]	300
[ ]	3,000
[ ]	30,000

10.

What needs to be subtracted from 19,723 to make 12,723?

[ ]	70
[ ]	700
[ ]	7,000
[ ]	70,000

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Maths Quiz - Place Value (Year 5) (Answers)

What does the digit 3 in 36,218 represent?

[ ]	30
[ ]	300
[ ]	3,000
[x]	30,000

The 3 is in the ten thousands column so is worth 3 x 10,000 = 30,000

What is the value of the digit 9 in 28,945?

[ ]	90
[x]	900
[ ]	9,000
[ ]	90,000

The 9 is in the hundreds column so is worth 9 x 100 = 900

Which is the number that is equivalent to sixty-two thousand seven hundred and eighty-two?

[x]	62,782
[ ]	620,872
[ ]	628,072
[ ]	627.82

62,782 has 6 ten thousands
2 one thousands
7 hundreds
8 tens
and 2 ones

Which is 48,921 in words?

[ ]	Four hundred thousand eighty nine hundred and twenty one
[x]	Forty eight thousand nine hundred and twenty one
[ ]	Forty eight thousand and twenty one
[ ]	Four hundred and eight thousand nine hundred and twenty one

48,921 has 4 ten thousands
8 one thousands
9 hundreds
2 tens
and 1 one

What does the digit 4 in 401,253 represent?

[ ]	400
[ ]	4,000
[ ]	40,000
[x]	400,000

The 4 is in the hundred thousands column so is worth 4 x 100,000 = 400,000

What is the value of the digit 1 in 420,108?

[x]	100
[ ]	1,000
[ ]	10,000
[ ]	100,000

The 1 is in the hundreds column so is worth 1 x 100 = 100

Which is the number that is equivalent to three hundred and seventy-four thousand and fifty-two?

[ ]	37,452
[ ]	3,074,052
[ ]	307,452
[x]	374,052

374,052 has 3 hundred thousands
7 ten thousands
4 one thousands
0 hundreds
5 tens
and 2 ones

Which has the smallest value?

[x]	40,000
[ ]	41 thousands
[ ]	410 hundreds
[ ]	4,100 tens

All the numbers are equivalent to 41,000 except 40,000 which is the smallest

What needs to be added to 45,612 to make 45,912?

[ ]	30
[x]	300
[ ]	3,000
[ ]	30,000

The digit 6 is worth 600 so to change it to 900 you must add 300

10.

What needs to be subtracted from 19,723 to make 12,723?

[ ]	70
[ ]	700
[x]	7,000
[ ]	70,000

The digit 9 is equivalent to 9,000 so to change it to 2,000 you must subtract 7,000