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Place Value Riddles

Place Value Riddles

Assessment

Presentation

Mathematics

5th Grade

Practice Problem

Easy

CCSS
4.NBT.A.1, 5.NBT.A.3A

Standards-aligned

Created by

Elizabeth Pope

Used 4+ times

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10 Slides • 2 Questions

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Place Value Riddles

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Match

Match the following underline numbers to its place.

25,153

62.24

624,287

324.125

87,649.23

tens

hundredths

ten thousands

tenths

ones

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Clue #1: I have a 6 in the tenths place.
Clue #2: I have another 6 in a place that is 10 times
the value than the 6 in the tenths place.
Clue #3: I have a 4 in the tens place.
Clue #4: I have a 7 in the hundredths place.

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Clue #1: I have an 8 in the ones place.
Clue #2: I have another 8 in a place that is 1/10 the
value of the 8 in the ones place.
Clue #3: I have a 3 in the thousandths place.
Clue #4: I have a 2 in the hundredths place.

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Clue #1: I have a 5 in the hundreds place.
Clue #2: I have another 5 in a place that is 10 times
the value than the 5 in the hundreds place.
Clue #3: I have a 3 in the tenths place.
Clue #4: I have a 4 in the thousandths place.

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Clue #1: I have a 3 in the tenths place.
Clue #2: I have a 7 in the hundreds place.
Clue #3: I have another 7 in a place that is 1/10 the
value than the 7 in the hundreds place.
Clue #4: I have a 9 in the ones place.

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Labelling

Label the number with the correct place value

Drag labels to their correct position on the image
ones
ten thousands
thousands
hundreds
tenths
thousandths

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Clue #1: I have a 9 in the tenths place.
Clue #2: I have a 3 in the ones place.
Clue #3: I have another 3 in a place that is 10 times
the value than the 3 in the ones place.
Clue #4: I have a 7 in the hundredths place.

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Clue #1: I have an 7 in the tenths place.
Clue #2: I have another 7 in a place that is 1/10 the
value of the 7 in the tenths place.
Clue #3: I have a 3 in the ones place.
Clue #4: I have a 8 in the thousands place.

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Clue #1: I have an 8 in the ten thousandths place.
Clue #2: I have a 7 in the hundredths place.
Clue #3: I have another 7 in a place that is 1/10 the
value of the 7 in the hundredths place.
Clue #4: I have a 6 in the hundreds place.
Clue #5: I have a 5 in the thousands place.

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