Chapter 1.1 (Mathematics 4th)

Place value of numbers up to tens of thousands

  • Place value up to thousands
  • Place value of numbers up to tens of thousands

Place value up to thousands

Example 1

What is the place value of each digit in 368?

Working

Place value

Digit

Hundreds

3

Tens

6

Ones

8

  • The place value of digit 3 is hundreds.
  • The place value of digit 6 is tens.
  • The place value of digit 8 is ones.

Example 2

Write the place value of each digit in the number 2 341.

Working

Place value

Digit

Thousands

2

Hundreds

3

Tens

4

Ones

1

  • The place value of digit 2 is thousands.
  • The place value of digit 3 is hundreds.
  • The place value of digit 4 is tens.
  • The place value of digit 1 is ones.

Exercise A

Question 1

Show the place value of the digits in the following number.

  1. 529
  2. 613
  3. 802

Question 2

Use an abacus to represent the place value of the digit in each of the following numbers.

  1. 2 434
  2. 5 086
  3. 9 034

Number

Th

H

T

O

a) 735

b) 900

c) 1 948

d) 2 018

e) 5 314

f) 8 059

  1. 826
  2. 1 408
  3. 2 178
  4. 9 634

A shopkeeper had sh 2 785 in a cash box. What is the place value of digit 7?

∴ The place value of digit 7 is

Place value of numbers up to tens of thousands

Complete the pattern.

9

+

1

=

10

99

+

1

=

100

999

+

1

=

1 000

9 999

+

1

=

10 000

  1. The next number after 9 999 is 10 000.
  2. The place value of digit 1 in 10 000 is ten thousands.

Example 3

What is the place value of digit 4 in 43 905?

Working

TTh

Th

H

T

O

4

3

9

0

5

The place value of digit 4 is ten thousands.

Exercise B

Number

TTh

Th

H

T

O

a) 2 063

b) 1 975

c) 8 462

d) 2 011

e) 3 689

f) 9 709

  1. 842
  2. 2 374
  3. 49 621
  4. 84 005

Digit

Place value

8

9

7

5

6

There were 68 920 people in a location. What is the place value of digit 6 in the number?

∴ The place value of digit 6 is

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