Place Value Unit Assessment

Emma has saved thirty-four thousand, twenty-seven dollars for college. What is the value of the digit 2 in this number?

• (2x1,000) dollars

• (2x100) dollars

• (2x10) dollars

• (2x0.1) dollars

Answer explanation

Thomas recorded the value of his mystery number below.

(4 x 1,000,000) + (3 x 10,000) + (7 x 10) + (9 x 1)

How do you write this number in standard form?

• 4,379

• 430,079

• 4,300,079

• 4,030,079

Answer explanation

The number of points 4 children earned during a video game is recorded below. Put the points in order from least to greatest.

• 378,997

• 378,653

• 379,358

• 378,405

Answer explanation

Remember to line up your numbers from the ones place over so you can compare the digits in the correct place.

An elephant at the zoo weighs 12,495 pounds. What is the elephant's weight rounded to the nearest thousand?

(a)  

Answer explanation

When rounding to a number, remember to look next door and use that number to determine if you "raise the score" or "let it rest". Then every number AFTER the place you are rounding to becomes a zero. Every number BEFORE the place you are rounding to stays the same.

Match the following numbers with the correct relationship: 10 times or one-tenth

• The digit in the thousands place is one-tenth the digit in the ten thousands place

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• The circled digit is ten times the underlined digit

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• The circled digit is one-tenth the underlined digit

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• The digit in the tens place is ten times the digit in the ones place

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Answer explanation

Remember if you are comparing a smaller place to a larger place, the smaller place is always one-tenth the larger place size. If you are comparing a larger place to a smaller place, the larger place is always ten times the smaller place.

Answer explanation

Match the following fractions to the equivalent decimal

• 1.39

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• 0.57

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• 0.29

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• 0.8

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• 0.5

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The decimal models represent the batting averages of 4 baseball players. Select all of the comparisons of the players' batting averages that are true. (more than one correct answer)

• Alex < David

• David < Felix

• Felix > Alex

• David < Sam

• Sam < Felix

Answer explanation

What decimal names the place where the arrow is on the number line?

(a)  

Answer explanation