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Place value practice questions with answers

Foundation · Grade 1 · Non-calculator

A second set of place value questions for GCSE Maths. They are different from the ones on the topic page, so work through both. Try each question, then open the answer to check your working.

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Question 1 Easy

What is the hundreds digit of 2 700?

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Answer: 7

  1. 2 700 = 2 thousands and 7 hundreds.
  2. The hundreds digit is 7.
  • Method (1): 2 700 = 2 thousands and 7 hundreds.
  • Accuracy (1): Answer 7

Question 2 Easy

What is 36 × 10?

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Answer: 360

  1. Digits shift one column left.
  2. 36 × 10 = 360.
  • Method (1): Digits shift one column left.
  • Accuracy (1): Answer 360

Question 3 Medium

Which is larger, 4 190 or 4 210? Give the larger number.

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Answer: 4210

  1. Compare hundreds: 1 against 2.
  2. 4 210 is larger.
  • Method (1): Compare hundreds: 1 against 2.
  • Accuracy (1): Answer 4210

Question 4 Medium

What is the value of the 2 in 12 450?

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Answer: 2000

  1. The 2 is in the thousands column.
  2. 2 × 1 000 = 2 000.
  • Method (1): The 2 is in the thousands column.
  • Accuracy (1): Answer 2000

Question 5 Hard

What is 205 × 10?

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Answer: 2050

  1. Shift every digit one column left.
  2. 205 × 10 = 2 050.
  • Method (1): Shift every digit one column left.
  • Accuracy (1): Answer 2050

Question 6 Hard

In 3 805, which column does the 0 hold? Give the value of one unit in that column.

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Answer: 10

  1. From the right: 5 ones, 0 tens, 8 hundreds, 3 thousands.
  2. The 0 holds the tens column, which is worth 10.
  • Method (1): From the right: 5 ones, 0 tens, 8 hundreds, 3 thousands.
  • Accuracy (1): Answer 10

Exam-style question

A longer question with marks, in the style of a written paper. This is a Yumio practice question, not a past paper question.

Exam-style question 11 marks

Write down the value of the 4 in 34 290.

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Answer: 4000

  1. The 4 is in the thousands column.
  2. 4 × 1 000 = 4 000.
  • Mark (1): Answer 4 000

Quick checks

Short one-step questions. Pick an option before you open the answer.

Check 1

What is the value of the 3 in 3 000?

  1. 3 000
  2. 300
  3. 30
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3 000 The 3 is in the thousands column.

Check 2

What is the value of the 3 in 300?

  1. 300
  2. 30
  3. 3
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300 The 3 is in the hundreds column.

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What is the value of the 3 in 30?

  1. 30
  2. 300
  3. 3
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30 The 3 is in the tens column.

Check 4

What does the 0 do in 508?

  1. Holds the tens column
  2. Adds 10
  3. Deletes a digit
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Holds the tens column Zero means no tens, and it keeps the 5 in the hundreds.

Check 5

What is 15 × 10?

  1. 150
  2. 25
  3. 1 500
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150 One column shift left makes 150.

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What is 1 500 ÷ 10?

  1. 150
  2. 15
  3. 15 000
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150 One column shift right makes 150.

Check 7

Which column is just left of the tens?

  1. Hundreds
  2. Ones
  3. Thousands
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Hundreds Columns grow by 10 each step to the left.

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How many ones make one ten?

  1. 10
  2. 100
  3. 2
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10 The columns are powers of 10.

Check 9

What is 2 000 + 70?

  1. 2 070
  2. 270
  3. 2 700
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2 070 The tens are 7 and the hundreds stay 0.

Check 10

What is 9 hundreds?

  1. 900
  2. 9
  3. 90
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900 Each hundred is worth 100.

Check 11

Which is larger?

  1. 6 010
  2. 5 990
  3. They are equal
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6 010 Compare thousands first: 6 beats 5.

Check 12

What is the face of the tens digit in 486?

  1. 8
  2. 80
  3. 4
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8 The face is the digit you see. 8 stands for 80.

Check 13

What is 40 ÷ 10?

  1. 4
  2. 400
  3. 30
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4 Dividing by 10 moves one column right.

Check 14

What is 100 × 6?

  1. 600
  2. 106
  3. 60
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600 6 hundreds is 600.

Check 15

In 7 654, which digit is the tens?

  1. 5
  2. 6
  3. 4
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5 From the right: 4 ones, 5 tens, 6 hundreds, 7 thousands.

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