Grade 3 · Math · Unit 1 of 12
Numbers to 100 000
Place value, comparing and ordering big numbers.
What your child practises
Reading and writing whole numbers up to 100 000, the value of each digit, comparing and ordering them, and adding or taking away 10, 100, 1 000 or 10 000.
Alberta Curriculum learning outcome: 3N1.1 · place value of whole numbers within 100 000, comparing and ordering them
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
In 73 254, what is the value of the digit 2?
- 20 000
- 2
- 200
- 2000
Show answer
200
Hint: Look at which place the digit is in. A 7 in the thousands place is worth 7 000.
Question 2
In 73 026, which digit is in the ten thousands place?
- 7
- 3
- 0
- 2
Show answer
7
Hint: Count places from the right: ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands.
Question 3
How do you say 2675?
- two thousand, seven hundred seventy-five
- two thousand, six hundred eighty-five
- one thousand, six hundred seventy-five
- two thousand, six hundred seventy-five
Show answer
two thousand, six hundred seventy-five
Hint: Read the thousands, then the hundreds, tens and ones.
Question 4
Which is the numeral for forty-five thousand, seven hundred twenty-one?
- 45 722
- 46 721
- 45 721
Show answer
45 721
Hint: Say the thousands part first, then the rest.
Question 5
In 59 201, what is the value of the digit 5?
- 500
- 50 000
- 5000
- 5
Show answer
50 000
Hint: Look at which place the digit is in. A 7 in the thousands place is worth 7 000.
Question 6
Which number is 20 000 + 3000 + 900 + 60 + 5?
- 23 695
- 32 965
- 23 956
- 23 965
Show answer
23 965
Hint: Add up the parts. Each part tells the value of one digit.