Place Value Quiz: Read Numbers and Find Digit Values
Quick, free place value test to check your skills. Instant results.
Editorial: Review CompletedUpdated Aug 23, 2025
This place value quiz helps you read and write numbers, find each digit's value, and move between standard and expanded form with confidence. For related practice, try the decimal quiz, build speed with a numbers test, or explore powers of ten in a scientific notation quiz.
Study Outcomes
- Identify digits and their corresponding place values within multi-digit numbers.
- Analyze numbers by decomposing them into expanded form based on place values.
- Compare the relative value of digits in different positions.
- Apply place value concepts to solve basic arithmetic problems.
Place Value Quiz & Test Practice Cheat Sheet
- Digit Power: Place Value - Every digit in a number sits in a special spot that multiplies its face value. In 345, the "3" in the hundreds place waves its magic wand to become 300! Learn more
- The Tenfold Jump - Slide one place to the left, and boom - your digit just got ten times stronger. Imagine hopping left on a number line and watching your value zoom sky-high! Learn more
- Expand to Understand - Turn big numbers into bite-sized chunks like 300 + 40 + 5 to see where each digit's strength comes from. Expanded form is your superhero vision for cracking number secrets! Learn more
- Word Form Wonders - Give your numbers a voice by writing "three hundred forty-five." Hearing the words helps your brain lock in the place value story. Learn more
- Block It Out - Base-ten blocks and visual aids let you handle numbers in 3D - awesome for your hands-on learning style! Watch abstract digits come to life as you build them physically. Learn more
- Zero Hero Holder - That sneaky zero is more than nothing - it's a spot saver! In 405, the "0" stands guard in the tens place, keeping the 4 and 5 in perfect order. Learn more
- Compare Like a Pro - Always check the highest place value first - hundreds beat tens every time. So 452 is the champ over 345 because four hundreds reign supreme! Learn more
- Rounding Roadmap - Simplify numbers to the nearest ten or hundred by zoning in on the digit you're rounding. If it's 5 or above, round up; if it's 4 or below, round down - easy peasy! Learn more
- Tiny Tens - Every move to the right in a multi-digit number is a one-tenth power boost. That ten's-place "7" in 770 is just a tenth of the 700 in the hundreds spot! Learn more
- Align for Action - Perfect addition and subtraction start with perfectly lined columns. Keep your digits stacked by place value and watch the math magic happen! Learn more