This Thousands Place Value Worksheet gives 4th grade students practice finding the value of the digit in the thousands place, filling in a place-value chart, and explaining their reasoning. An answer key is included to make checking fast.
This 4.NBT.2 Fourth Grade Common Core Lesson includes 4.NBT.2 Worksheets, 4.NBT.2 Activities, 4.NBT.2 Assessment, and 4.NBT.2 Poster.
Match standard, word and expanded form with this PBJ place value activity for 4th grade: 30 sandwich, peanut butter and jelly cards, a recording sheet and practice, answer key included.
In this 4.NBT.1 Fourth Grade Common Core Lesson, students divide given numbers by 10, 100, or 1,000.
This round it up or down ice cream activity has 3rd and 4th grade students match number scoops to cones by rounding to the nearest ten and hundred. Answer key included for quick checking.
In this Scooping Up Hundreds Rounding Activity, students use place value understanding to round whole numbers to the nearest 100.
Ten times bigger, every single step
The big idea of 4th grade base ten: every place is ten times the place to its right. The 7 in 700 is ten times the 7 in 70. Fourth graders read and write numbers up to 1,000,000 in standard form, word form and expanded form, like 46,203 = 40,000 + 6,000 + 200 + 3. They compare big numbers with >, < and =, and round to any place. The click moment is when kids see why the pattern works, so they can handle numbers far bigger than any they've built with blocks.
Big numbers get less scary when kids see the pattern. These are the moves we use every year.
Have kids build a number on a place value mat, then build it again one place to the left. Ask "What happened to the value?" Watching each digit become ten times bigger makes the rule something they discover, not memorize.
Why it works: the U.S. Department of Education's guide for teaching elementary math recommends moving from hands-on objects to drawings to numbers.
Try it withPBJ Place Value ActivityActivitiesOpen it →Model one number on the board in standard, word, expanded and place value chart form. Point to how each form shows the same value. Then give partners a new number to write all four ways.
Why it works: handing over the work step by step, from teacher to student, is one of the most widely used teaching frameworks (Pearson and Gallagher, 1983).
Try it with4.NBT.1 Fourth Grade Common Core LessonCommon Core LessonsOpen it →Start class with three quick questions: "What is the value of the 5 in 85,312?" Kids write answers on whiteboards. A daily two-minute check builds fluency before rounding and comparing.
Why it works: researchers who compared ten study methods found practice testing is one of the two that work best (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).
Try it withThousands Place Value WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Ice cream, scoops and a little friendly competition. Fourth graders love these.
ActivitiesRound each number to the nearest hundred and stack the scoops on the right cone.
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ActivitiesKids decide if each number rounds up or down, then race a partner to check with a number line.
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Common Core LessonsCompare pairs of big numbers place by place and explain how you knew which was greater.
Open 4.NBT.2 Fourth Grade Common Core Lesson →Teacher favorites right now: Thousands Place Value Worksheet, 4.NBT.2 Fourth Grade Common Core Lesson and PBJ Place Value Activity.
Base ten is our number system, where each place is worth ten times the place to its right. Fourth graders use it to read, write, compare and round numbers up to one million.
Expanded form shows a number as the sum of the value of each digit. For example, 3,482 = 3,000 + 400 + 80 + 2.
Look at the hundreds digit. If it's 5 or more, round up; if it's 4 or less, round down. So 6,700 rounds to 7,000 and 6,300 rounds to 6,000.
Use real big numbers, like the population of your town or the miles to a vacation spot. Ask your child to read it out loud and tell what each digit is worth.
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