Primary 6 · Mathematics · Number & Place Value
Number & Place Value questions for Primary 6 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.
- Place value
- Value of a digit
- Numbers in words
- Comparing numbers
- Expanded form
- Rounding
- How many thousands
- One more, one less
- 1000 less
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.
In the number 3582476, which digit is in the ten-thousands place?
Answer: 8
3582476 is 3 millions, 5 hundred thousands, 8 ten thousands, so the ten-thousands digit is 8.
What is the value of the digit 2 in 4206913?
Answer: 200000
The 2 sits in the hundred-thousands place, so it stands for 2 × 100 000 = 200000.
Write two million and forty thousand and six in numerals.
Answer: 2040006
Two million is 2000000, forty thousand is 40000 and six is 6, so together they make 2040006.
Which of these is the largest number?
Answer: 3091800
All four start with 3 millions. Compare hundred thousands (all 0), then ten thousands: 3091800 has 9 ten thousands and then 1 thousand, which beats the rest.
3 000 000 + 50 000 + 400 + 7 = ?
Answer: 3050407
3 millions, 5 ten thousands, 4 hundreds and 7 ones make 3050407.
Round 4 672 851 to the nearest thousand.
Answer: 4673000
Look at the hundreds digit, 8. 4672851 is closer to 4673000 than to 4672000.
How many thousands are there in 2 480 000?
Answer: 2480
2 480 000 ÷ 1000 = 2480, so there are 2480 thousands in it.
What is 1 more than 999 999?
Answer: 1000000
999999 + 1 regroups all the way up to 1000000.
In 7 654 321, what does the digit 6 stand for?
Answer: 600000
The 6 is in the hundred-thousands place, so it stands for 600000.
Which number is 1000 less than 4 002 500?
Answer: 4001500
4002500 − 1000 = 4001500.