Free Printable Base 10 Number System Worksheets for Class 4

Use a place-value chart to show that moving one position left makes a digit’s value ten times as large. Connect that relationship to standard form, expanded form, and comparisons of multi-digit numbers before introducing decimal notation.

Have students write numbers in standard and expanded form, compare and order multi-digit numbers, and describe patterns created when a digit shifts places. One useful prompt is: “How does the value of 6 change from 6,000 to 600?”

Students may confuse a digit with its value, drop internal zeros in expanded form, or assume the longer-looking expression represents the larger number. Ask them to align digits by place and compare from the greatest place first.

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Common Core emphasizes the multiplicative relationship between adjacent places: a digit in one place has ten times the value it would have one place to the right. Students apply that relationship to read, expand, compare, and order larger whole numbers before extending place value to decimals.

Grade 4 commonly deepens work with thousands and larger whole-number places while introducing decimal notation foundations. Students are expected to explain how a digit’s value changes across positions, not just label the positions.

Provide wide spacing or larger font for students who need clearer digit alignment, and use a translated version for learners who understand the mathematics but need language support. For enrichment, ask students to create and justify numbers that satisfy several place-value or ordering conditions.