Place Value (Year 4)
Read, write, order and compare numbers, understanding the value of each digit.
The questions below are generated to match the National Curriculum for Year 4 and get harder as you progress from Rookie to Guru.
Worked examples
What is 19 × 10?
- 1900
- 19
- 190
- 29
Answer: 190. 19 × 10 = 190.
Which number is 1,000 less than 7,423?
- 6,323
- 6,423
- 7,323
- 7,523
Answer: 6,423. Subtracting 1,000 from 7,423 changes only the thousands digit: 7,423 − 1,000 = 6,423.
A pupil writes: 'The number 3,250 rounded to the nearest 1,000 is 3,000.' A teacher marks this wrong. Why?
- The hundreds digit is 2, but the next digit (5 in tens of hundreds, i.e. the hundreds column) is 2 — actually 3,250 to the nearest 1,000 IS 3,000. The teacher is wrong.
- Should be 4,000.
- Should be 3,300.
- Should be 2,000.
Answer: The hundreds digit is 2, but the next digit (5 in tens of hundreds, i.e. the hundreds column) is 2 — actually 3,250 to the nearest 1,000 IS 3,000. The teacher is wrong.. Look at hundreds digit (2). 2 < 5 → round down. 3,250 → 3,000. Pupil is right.
Related skills
Frequently asked questions
- What is place value?
- Read, write, order and compare numbers, understanding the value of each digit.
- How can my child practise place value at home?
- Work through the examples below, then start a free adaptive session. Northstar adjusts the difficulty automatically and tracks mastery over time.
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