Place Value Pretest

Front

What is place value?

Back

Place value is the value of a digit based on its position in a number. For example, in the number 345, the digit 3 is in the hundreds place, so its value is 300.

Front

What does it mean to round a number?

Back

Rounding a number means adjusting it to a nearby value that is easier to work with, usually to a specific place value.

Front

What is the nearest ten thousand to 49,545?

Back

50,000

Front

When rounding, what happens to the digits to the right of the rounded place?

Back

They become zeros.

Front

Round 160,000 to the nearest hundred thousand.

Back

200,000

Front

What is the place value of the digit 4 in the number 5,421,836?

Back

The place value of 4 is 400,000.

Front

How do you compare two numbers using place value?

Back

You compare the digits from left to right, starting with the highest place value.

Front

What is the symbol for 'greater than'?

Back

>

Front

What is the symbol for 'less than'?

Back

<

Front

Round 5,421,836 to the nearest million.

Back

5,000,000