Place Value Chart
Every digit has a place. The place tells what the digit is worth.
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How to do it
- Look at the blocks in each column.
- Read the digit under each column.
- Read the number three ways at the bottom.
Teaching tip
Ask your child to build a different number and fill in the same three lines. This sheet is aligned with Common Core 2.NBT.A.1.
About this chart
One number shown with blocks, digits, expanded form and words, plus why a 0 holds a place.
What kids practice
In a three-digit number like 346, the 3 means 3 hundreds, the 4 means 4 tens and the 6 means 6 ones. Second graders learn to see a number in all its forms: blocks, a quick drawing, digits, expanded form (300 + 40 + 6) and words (three hundred forty-six). They also learn that a 0 holds a place, and use place value to compare numbers.
Watch for
- Writing 300406 for three hundred forty-six, by writing each part as you hear it.
- Leaving out the 0 in numbers like 405, so it turns into 45.
- Comparing only the last digits, or thinking the number with more big digits is bigger.
It's free to print, as many copies as you need. See the full place value to 1,000 guide for 2nd grade.
More sheets in this set
2. Count Hundreds, Tens and OnesBase-ten blocks with hundred squares, ten rods and ones, with a place value chart to fill in.
3. Draw the NumberKids show each number with a quick drawing, the way they will sketch numbers on their own.
4. Expanded FormWrite numbers as hundreds + tens + ones, then go back from expanded form to the number.
5. Number Words to 1,000Match number names and numbers to 1,000, both ways.
6. What Is the Digit Worth?Find the value of one digit in a three-digit number.
7. Compare Three-Digit NumbersCompare pairs of three-digit numbers, many with the same hundreds or tens so kids look past the first digit.