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Place value worksheets: three-digit numbers

Find the value of a digit in a three-digit number, such as the 4 in 842. Three versions of twenty questions with answer keys.

Place value: value of a digit (three-digit)

NameDate

Write the value of the digit.

  1. In 263, the value of the digit 6 is
  2. In 938, the value of the digit 8 is
  3. In 820, the value of the digit 8 is
  4. In 402, the value of the digit 2 is
  5. In 750, the value of the digit 7 is
  6. In 679, the value of the digit 6 is
  7. In 410, the value of the digit 1 is
  8. In 471, the value of the digit 1 is
  9. In 938, the value of the digit 3 is
  10. In 319, the value of the digit 3 is
  11. In 194, the value of the digit 9 is
  12. In 584, the value of the digit 8 is
  13. In 260, the value of the digit 2 is
  14. In 903, the value of the digit 9 is
  15. In 483, the value of the digit 3 is
  16. In 416, the value of the digit 4 is
  17. In 230, the value of the digit 3 is
  18. In 295, the value of the digit 9 is
  19. In 721, the value of the digit 2 is
  20. In 254, the value of the digit 2 is
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Place value: value of a digit (three-digit)

NameDate

Write the value of the digit.

  1. In 480, the value of the digit 4 is
  2. In 825, the value of the digit 5 is
  3. In 278, the value of the digit 8 is
  4. In 718, the value of the digit 8 is
  5. In 469, the value of the digit 4 is
  6. In 172, the value of the digit 2 is
  7. In 789, the value of the digit 7 is
  8. In 875, the value of the digit 5 is
  9. In 630, the value of the digit 6 is
  10. In 927, the value of the digit 7 is
  11. In 349, the value of the digit 3 is
  12. In 150, the value of the digit 1 is
  13. In 140, the value of the digit 1 is
  14. In 267, the value of the digit 2 is
  15. In 476, the value of the digit 7 is
  16. In 564, the value of the digit 6 is
  17. In 134, the value of the digit 3 is
  18. In 908, the value of the digit 9 is
  19. In 276, the value of the digit 6 is
  20. In 341, the value of the digit 3 is
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Place value: value of a digit (three-digit)

NameDate

Write the value of the digit.

  1. In 380, the value of the digit 8 is
  2. In 958, the value of the digit 5 is
  3. In 650, the value of the digit 6 is
  4. In 162, the value of the digit 6 is
  5. In 765, the value of the digit 5 is
  6. In 531, the value of the digit 5 is
  7. In 930, the value of the digit 9 is
  8. In 692, the value of the digit 9 is
  9. In 184, the value of the digit 1 is
  10. In 610, the value of the digit 6 is
  11. In 798, the value of the digit 7 is
  12. In 947, the value of the digit 9 is
  13. In 587, the value of the digit 7 is
  14. In 132, the value of the digit 1 is
  15. In 520, the value of the digit 5 is
  16. In 105, the value of the digit 5 is
  17. In 192, the value of the digit 2 is
  18. In 865, the value of the digit 8 is
  19. In 846, the value of the digit 6 is
  20. In 415, the value of the digit 4 is
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Answer key

Sheet A

  1. 60
  2. 8
  3. 800
  4. 2
  5. 700
  6. 600
  7. 10
  8. 1
  9. 30
  10. 300
  11. 90
  12. 80
  13. 200
  14. 900
  15. 3
  16. 400
  17. 30
  18. 90
  19. 20
  20. 200

Sheet B

  1. 400
  2. 5
  3. 8
  4. 8
  5. 400
  6. 2
  7. 700
  8. 5
  9. 600
  10. 7
  11. 300
  12. 100
  13. 100
  14. 200
  15. 70
  16. 60
  17. 30
  18. 900
  19. 6
  20. 300

Sheet C

  1. 80
  2. 50
  3. 600
  4. 60
  5. 5
  6. 500
  7. 900
  8. 90
  9. 100
  10. 600
  11. 700
  12. 900
  13. 7
  14. 100
  15. 500
  16. 5
  17. 2
  18. 800
  19. 6
  20. 400
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Place value: 20 problems a sheet, 3 versions that do not repeat each other where the numbers allow.

How to use it

  1. Look at the sheet: it is a real, printable sheet. Switch between Sheet A, B and C, or press New numbers (N) for a fresh set.
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  3. Press Print sheet A and key, or Print all. The answer key prints on its own page, so you can keep it back.

Ideas for class

  • Use base-ten blocks or place-value discs next to the sheet. Students can build the number and point to the group that the digit stands for.
  • Pair this sheet with expanded form, and ask students to explain why 800 + 40 + 2 and 842 are the same.
  • Ask students to write their own three-digit numbers and swap with a partner to ask the same question.

Related

Questions

Why do the digits never repeat?

If a digit appeared twice, as in 555, the question would have two answers. Making every digit different keeps each question fair and its key certain.

Is there a version with bigger numbers?

Yes. Open the sheet in the maker, choose Place value, and select Value of a digit (up to six digits). There are also versions that ask for the place name and for decimals.

Are the answer keys checked?

Each answer is worked out by the code that wrote the problem, and our tests recompute every answer a second way and compare. Please still look over the key before you grade a class set.

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What this worksheet covers

In every number on this sheet the digits are all different, so a question such as In 842, the value of the digit 4 is ____ has one answer: 40. Students must say not just which place a digit is in but what it is worth, which is the step between knowing place names and being able to write expanded form or regroup in addition.

Who it is for

Second grade, under Common Core 2.NBT.A.1, and a third-grade review. It also makes a quick diagnostic: a student who answers 4 instead of 40 has not yet understood that position changes value.

Finding the value of a digit in a three-digit number · grades 2 and 3

A worked example

In 842 the 8 is in the hundreds place, so its value is 800. The 4 is in the tens place and is worth 40. The 2 is in the ones place and is worth 2. Add them to get 842 again.

Mistakes to watch for

  • Writing the digit itself as its value, so 4 for the 4 in 842. Ask: how many tens are there?
  • Confusing the place name with the value, answering tens instead of 40. Model both sentences aloud.

Make it your own

This sheet is one setting of the math worksheet generator. Open it there to change the skill, the range of numbers or the heading, or to mix several skills on one sheet.