Place value of digits up to hundreds of thousands

By the end of the sub-strand, the learner should be able to:

  • Use the place value and total value of digits up to hundreds of thousands in daily life situations.
  • Appreciate the use of place value and total value of digits up to hundreds of thousands in daily life situations.
More like this
More options

Activities

  1. Read the number 99 999 to your partner.

Tth

Th

H

T

O

9

9

9

9

9

  1. Which number follows immediately after 99 999? Write the number in the place value chart below.

Hth

Tth

Th

H

T

O

  1. What is the place value of 1 in the number that you have written?
    ∴

Activity 2

  1. Read the following number cards.

3 462 58 037 765 193 203 834​

  1. Write the numbers on each number card in a place value chart. Remember, that some places should stay empty.

Hth

Tth

Th

H

T

O

(a) 3 462

(b) 58 037

(c) 765 193

(d) 203 834

  1. Use place value tins and straws or sticks to represent and identify the place value of each digit in the number 619 432.
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 6
  • 9
  1. Use place value tins to represent other numbers of your choice. Write down the numbers and their place values.
More like this
More options

Example 1

Omondi noted that his favourite marathon runner was wearing the number tag 524 608. He then tried to write the number in a place value chart.

  1. Show how he wrote the number in the place value chart.
  2. What is the place value of digit 5 in the number 524 608?
Working
  1. We write the numbers in a place value chart starting from the ones place value.

Hth

Tth

Th

H

T

O

5

2

4

6

0

8

  1. The place value of digit 5 is hundreds of thousands.
More like this
More options

Practice exercise 1

Hth

Tth

Th

H

T

O

(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

(d) 

(e) 

  1. 23 425
  2. 472 932
  3. 649 158
  4. 436 729
  1. 348 517
  2. 826 941
  3. 502 348
  4. 762 490

Number

Hundreds of thou­sands

  1. 435 786

  1. 297 835

  1. 157 468

  1. 745 362

More like this
More options