Twenty place-value, expanded-form, and word-form exercises.
3-page printable PDF with a complete answer key
Designed for Grades 2-5 elementary math practice
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How to use it
Use this place value to thousands worksheet for guided practice, independent review, homework, tutoring sessions, or a quick skills check. The spacious layout is designed to leave room for students to show their work rather than guess from crowded answer choices.
After students finish, compare their reasoning with the included answer key. When an answer is incorrect, have the student locate the first step where their work changed direction before trying the problem again.
Who this practice is for
This resource is designed for grades 2-5 students working on elementary math. Teachers, tutors, homeschool families, and parents can preview the first page before deciding whether the level and spacing fit the student.
A digit's value depends on its position. Moving one place left makes its value ten times greater; moving one place right makes it one-tenth as great.
Reading numbers in standard, word, and expanded form helps students distinguish the digit itself from its value in the ones, tens, hundreds, or thousands place.
Learning objectives
Identify place and value through thousands
Write expanded and word forms
Compose numbers from place-value parts
Skills to review first
Counting by tens and hundreds
Reading four-digit numbers
Understanding zero as a placeholder
Worked example
Follow the reasoning step by step
Describe the value of each digit in 4,582.
4 is in the thousands place, so its value is 4,000.
5 is in the hundreds place, so its value is 500.
8 is in the tens place, so its value is 80.
2 is in the ones place, so its value is 2.
Solution:4,582 = 4,000 + 500 + 80 + 2.
Try before downloading
Three sample problems
Work each problem, then open the answer to check your result.