Place value work through the hundred thousands for 4th grade, matched to Common Core 4.NBT.1, 4.NBT.2 and 4.NBT.3. Students quantify the 10× relationship inside 444,444, translate 582,409 into expanded form and a word-form number back into digits, compare six pairs that include 99,999 against 100,001, and round 347,812, 682,495 and 519,630 to three different places in one table. A stadium crowd of 748,391 carries the final question set. The answer key is attached.
4.NBT.1
“Recognize that in a multi-digit whole number, a digit in one place represents ten times what it represents in the place to its right. For example, recognize that 700 ÷ 70 = 10 by applying concepts of place value and division.”
Part 1 in full, plus the digit-value questions about 748,391 in Part 5.
4.NBT.2
“Read and write multi-digit whole numbers using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form. Compare two multi-digit numbers based on meanings of the digits in each place, using >, =, and < symbols to record the results of comparisons.”
The three conversions in Part 2 and all six comparisons in Part 3.
4.NBT.3
“Use place value understanding to round multi-digit whole numbers to any place.”
The nine-answer rounding table in Part 4 and the two attendance roundings in Part 5.
Question 1 asks how many times greater the 4 in the ten thousands place of 444,444 is than the 4 in the thousands place. Four quick equations like 800,000 ÷ 80,000 back it up.
Three conversions: 582,409 into expanded form, 300,000 + 40,000 + 6,000 + 200 + 8 back into standard form, and "seven hundred fifteen thousand, three hundred sixty-two" into digits.
Six pairs take <, > or =, including 603,500 against 630,050 and the near-miss 512,689 against 512,698.
A table rounds 347,812, 682,495 and 519,630 to the nearest 1,000, 10,000 and 100,000, nine answers in all.
The stadium attendance of 748,391 gets four questions: the value of the digit 7, the value of the digit 4, and roundings to the nearest ten thousand and hundred thousand.
Unit opener check
Give Part 1 cold on day one. Students who write 10 for question 1 without hesitation can skip your 10× mini-lesson.
Spiral review
Parts 3 and 4 recycle well weeks later. The 99,999 versus 100,001 pair still catches students who never count digits before comparing.
Data connection
After Part 5, have students find a real attendance figure and write their own four questions about it. The 748,391 set is the template.
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