Free Printable Place Value Worksheets

Place value worksheets for 1st to 4th grade. Start with the chart that shows 345 as blocks, then count tens and ones, find ten more and ten less, add hundreds, add and subtract 10 and 100 in your head, write numbers in expanded form, find the value of a digit, and work with thousands and number words. Three 4th grade sheets go on to one million: digit values, word and expanded form, and comparing and ordering.

LessonPlace Value: How It Works printable preview

Place Value: How It Works

Grades 1–3

The number 345 shown as hundreds, tens and ones blocks, in standard, expanded and word form, with a note on zero.

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Tens and Ones printable preview

Tens and Ones

1st grade

Six numbers drawn as tens rods and ones blocks. Write how many tens, how many ones, and the number.

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Ten More and Ten Less printable preview

Ten More and Ten Less

Grade 1

Four numbers shown as blocks, then eight numbers in a 10 less and 10 more table. Includes answer key.

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Hundreds Chart Pieces printable preview

Hundreds Chart Pieces

Grade 1

Six numbers, each with four empty boxes round it: 1 less, 1 more, 10 less and 10 more. Includes answer key.

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Hundreds, Tens and Ones printable preview

Hundreds, Tens and Ones

2nd grade

Five three-digit numbers drawn with hundreds squares, tens rods and ones blocks. Includes answer key.

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10 and 100 More and Less printable preview

10 and 100 More and Less

Grade 2

Write 10 less and 10 more for eight numbers, 100 less and 100 more for eight more, then finish four counting chains. Includes answer key.

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Mental Math: 10 and 100 printable preview

Mental Math: 10 and 100

Grade 2

Sixteen facts such as 396 + 10 and 517 − 100, eight missing-number equations and four rule tables. Includes answer key.

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Expanded Form printable preview

Expanded Form

Grades 2–3

Eight numbers to write in expanded form and eight to put back together, several with a zero.

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Value of the Underlined Digit printable preview

Value of the Underlined Digit

Grades 2–4

Twelve numbers up to four digits, each with one digit underlined. Write what that digit is worth.

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Place Value to Thousands printable preview

Place Value to Thousands

Grades 3–4

Eight four-digit numbers to break into thousands, hundreds, tens and ones, then write in expanded form.

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Numbers in Words printable preview

Numbers in Words

Grades 2–4

Six numbers written in words to turn into digits, and four numbers to write in words.

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Place Value to One Million printable preview

Place Value to One Million

Grade 4

A chart to the hundred thousands, nine underlined digits to value, the digit in a named place, and ten-times-as-much chains. Includes answer key.

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Large Numbers: Words and Expanded Form printable preview

Large Numbers: Words and Expanded Form

Grade 4

Fifteen numbers up to six digits to move between standard form, expanded form and word form. Includes answer key.

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Compare and Order Large Numbers printable preview

Compare and Order Large Numbers

Grade 4

Twelve pairs to compare with >, < or =, four sets of four to put in order, and three open questions. Includes answer key.

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About the Place Value Worksheets

Place value is the idea that where a digit sits decides what it is worth. The 4 in 47 means forty, and the 4 in 74 means four. Everything later in arithmetic leans on it: carrying, borrowing, rounding, decimals and long division all assume a child sees 47 as four tens and seven ones.

These sheets start with base-ten blocks, because blocks can be counted. A small block is one, a rod is ten ones joined together, and a square is ten rods, or one hundred. The How It Works chart shows 345 this way and then writes it three ways: standard form, expanded form and word form.

Tens and Ones and Hundreds, Tens and Ones have children count blocks and write the number. Expanded Form drops the pictures and works with the values: 472 is 400 + 70 + 2. Several of the numbers have a zero in them on purpose, because a missing place is where mistakes happen.

Ten More and Ten Less and Hundreds Chart Pieces are the 1st grade version of the same idea, with two-digit numbers only: one more ten or one ten fewer, and the ones do not change. 10 and 100 More and Less and Mental Math: 10 and 100 are the 2nd grade skill of adding or subtracting 10 or 100 without writing it out. Only one digit changes, unless the change crosses a hundred, as in 396 + 10 = 406. Both sheets include a few of those.

The last three sheets move to bigger numbers: the value of a digit in numbers up to the thousands, a place value table for four-digit numbers, and numbers in words. A blank place value chart is useful alongside them. The next step is the rounding worksheets, and comparing numbers uses the same tens-and-ones blocks.

Three 4th grade sheets finish the page. Place Value to One Million has a chart to the hundred thousands and the idea that each place is worth ten times the place to its right. Large Numbers: Words and Expanded Form moves six-digit numbers between the three ways of writing them. Compare and Order Large Numbers uses >, < and =, with pairs chosen so that the digits must be compared place by place.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is place value?
Place value is the value a digit has because of its position in a number. In 345, the 3 is in the hundreds place and is worth 300, the 4 is in the tens place and is worth 40, and the 5 is in the ones place and is worth 5.
What is the difference between a digit’s place and its value?
The place is the position: ones, tens, hundreds, thousands. The value is what the digit is worth in that position. In 582, the digit 8 is in the tens place, and its value is 80.
What is expanded form?
Expanded form writes a number as the sum of the values of its digits. 472 in expanded form is 400 + 70 + 2. A place with a zero adds nothing, so 506 is 500 + 6.
What are the place values in order?
From right to left: ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands, hundred thousands, millions. Each place is worth ten times the place to its right.
What grade learns place value?
Tens and ones are taught in 1st grade, hundreds in 2nd grade, thousands in 3rd grade, and place value up to the millions in 4th grade.
What are base-ten blocks?
Base-ten blocks are blocks that show ones, tens and hundreds. A small cube is one. A rod is ten cubes in a row. A flat square is ten rods side by side, or one hundred cubes. They let children see and count what the digits in a number stand for.