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What is the value of the digit 6 in 263,451?
Answer & why
Answer: 60000
The 6 is in the ten-thousands place, representing 60,000.
Grade 4 · Math
Place value through one million
Explain a digit’s value in a whole number through one million.
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Question 1
What is the value of the digit 9 in 409,815?
- 8999
- 9001
- 9000
- 9010
A hint
Read the places from right to left: ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten-thousands and hundred-thousands.
Answer & why
Answer: 9000
The 9 is in the thousands place, representing 9,000.
Question 2
What is the value of the digit 1 in 1,000,000?
- 1000000
- 1000001
- 1000010
- 999999
A hint
Read the places from right to left: ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten-thousands and hundred-thousands.
Answer & why
Answer: 1000000
The 1 is in the millions place, representing 1,000,000.
Question 3
What is the value of the digit 6 in 263,451?
- 60010
- 59999
- 60000
- 60001
A hint
Read the places from right to left: ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten-thousands and hundred-thousands.
Answer & why
Answer: 60000
The 6 is in the ten-thousands place, representing 60,000.
Question 4
What is the value of the digit 5 in 582,107?
- 500010
- 499999
- 500000
- 500001
A hint
Read the places from right to left: ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten-thousands and hundred-thousands.
Answer & why
Answer: 500000
The 5 is in the hundred-thousands place, representing 500,000.
Question 5
What is the value of the digit 4 in 914,682?
- 3999
- 4010
- 4001
- 4000
A hint
Read the places from right to left: ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten-thousands and hundred-thousands.
Answer & why
Answer: 4000
The 4 is in the thousands place, representing 4,000.
Question 6
What is the value of the digit 7 in 347,210?
- 7001
- 7010
- 6999
- 7000
A hint
Read the places from right to left: ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten-thousands and hundred-thousands.
Answer & why
Answer: 7000
The 7 is in the thousands place, representing 7,000.
Question 7
What is the value of the digit 8 in 680,932?
- 79999
- 80001
- 80000
- 80010
A hint
Read the places from right to left: ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten-thousands and hundred-thousands.
Answer & why
Answer: 80000
The 8 is in the ten-thousands place, representing 80,000.
Question 8
What is the value of the digit 4 in 725,406?
- 410
- 400
- 401
- 399
A hint
Read the places from right to left: ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten-thousands and hundred-thousands.
Answer & why
Answer: 400
The 4 is in the hundreds place, representing 400.