Primary 5 · Mathematics · Number & Place Value
Number & Place Value questions for Primary 5 Maths
10 questions to work through online. Answer and you get the working straight away, then a score at the end. No sign-up, and you can retake it as often as you like.
- Value of a digit
- Numbers in words
- Rounding
- Comparing numbers
- Place value
- Decimal place value
- One more, one less
- Building numbers
- Rounding in context
Answers and explanations for all 10 questions
Every answer with the reasoning behind it. Worth reading after you have tried the set — or on its own, if you are a parent marking it.
What is the value of the digit 7 in 3 745 108?
Answer: 700000
The first 7 sits in the hundred thousands place, so it stands for 700000.
Write two million four hundred thousand and sixty in numerals.
Answer: 2400060
2000000 + 400000 + 60 = 2400060.
Round 458 736 to the nearest thousand.
Answer: 459000
The hundreds digit is 7, which is 5 or more, so 458736 rounds up to 459000.
Which of these is the largest number?
Answer: 1090800
All four begin with 1 million. Comparing the next digits, 1090800 is the largest.
How many thousands are there in 620 000?
Answer: 620
620000 ÷ 1000 = 620 thousands.
What is the value of the digit 4 in 27.146?
Answer: 0.04
The 4 sits in the hundredths place, so it stands for 0.04.
What is 10 000 more than 495 200?
Answer: 505200
495200 + 10000 = 505200 — the 9 ten thousands roll over.
Round 3.867 to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 3.9
The hundredths digit is 6, so 3.867 rounds up to 3.9.
Using the digits 5, 0, 8, 2 and 9 once each, what is the smallest 5-digit number that can be made?
Answer: 20589
A number cannot start with 0, so the smallest first digit is 2, then the rest in order: 20589.
A stadium holds 74 812 people. Rounded to the nearest 10 000, how many is that?
Answer: 70000
The thousands digit is 4, so 74812 rounds down to 70000.