Place value3-digit numbers
Name: Date:
Name the place the underlined digit is in.
1676 place
2406 place
3923 place
4904 place
5575 place
6179 place
7905 place
8561 place
Naming the place worksheets
In 347 the underlined 4 sits in the tens place — and being able to say so is what a column is for. These free printable sheets underline one digit and ask which place it is in: ones, tens, hundreds or thousands.
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Naming the place
The answer key prints on a separate page.
What's on this sheet
The answer is a word, not a number. The 4 in 347 is in the tens; the 3 is in the hundreds. Reading the places from the right — ones, tens, hundreds, thousands — is the skill, and naming them out loud is what turns “three hundred forty-seven” from a string of sounds into four columns a child can actually point to.
Why this sheet works
Numbers with a zero in the middle are dealt on purpose, because they are the whole point of place value: 407 and 470 name their places differently, while 358 can be read straight across by a child who has never thought about a column. The underlined digit is never a zero — “what place is this 0 in” teaches nothing about the place it sits in.
How this one works
One question from this sheet, worked through a step at a time.
Which place is the 7 in, in 676?
number:676
number:676
number:676
tens
- Each column is worth ten times the one to its right. Counting them is what tells you the value; the name on its own is the thing that goes wrong under pressure.
- Count in from the right: the 7 sits in the tens.
- So the answer is the NAME of that column: tens.