Tens, Ones Place Value Worksheet
This Tens, Ones Place Value Worksheet asks 1st graders to name what the underlined digit is worth in nine two-digit numbers, plus a short basketball story. Answer key included for confident, independent practice.
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Place value is the idea that a digit’s worth depends on where it sits in a number, and for first graders that begins with just two places: tens and ones. In 63, the 6 is not worth six — it is worth sixty, because it sits in the tens place. This Tens, Ones Place Value Worksheet gives students focused practice naming the value of one underlined digit inside a two-digit number, which is exactly what first grade standards ask them to master before they move on to hundreds.
This 1st grade place value worksheet is built around a bouncing basketball theme that keeps the practice light. Part A shows nine two-digit numbers with one digit underlined in each; students look at the underlined digit, decide whether it sits in the tens place or the ones place, and write its value on the line below the number. Part B adds a short story about a boy and his basketball, then asks two questions that send students back into the text to find the number before they answer. Use it as morning work, as a quick check after a place value mini-lesson, or as homework — everything a student needs is printed on the page.
What’s Included
- 1 print-ready PDF worksheet
- Answer key
- 11 place value activities (9 underlined-digit items and 2 story questions)
This resource helps kids in three ways. First, it separates the digit from its value, which is the one misconception that trips up beginning learners — a child who reads the 8 in 85 as “eight” instead of “eighty” will struggle with two-digit addition later. Second, the Tens, Ones Place Value Worksheet mixes tens and ones in an unpredictable order, so students cannot settle into a pattern and have to read each number on its own. Third, the short story in Part B moves the skill out of bare numbers and into a sentence, which is how place value shows up on first grade assessments.
Teachers and parents can stretch this skill in a few quick ways. Build each number with base ten rods and unit cubes, and have your child point to the tens before naming the value. Play a fast partner game where one player says a two-digit number and the other names what the tens digit is worth. Write numbers on sticky notes, hide them around the room, and have students sort them by which digit is larger. Count aloud by tens while bouncing a ball, clapping, or hopping, so the tens pattern lands in the body as well as the eye.
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