About this worksheet
Place value to a million asks students to read each digit by its position, not just by its face value is a major fourth-grade math step because students now work with larger numbers, multi-step reasoning, and more precise notation. Students often read 507,000 as if the zero places do not matter, or they compare large numbers by the first digit they notice. This worksheet gives short, self-checking questions that rotate through the parts of the skill instead of repeating one template. Students identify digit values, build numbers from expanded form, compare multi-digit numbers, read marked number lines, and reason about ten-times place relationships. Support versions keep the numbers friendlier while preserving the same reasoning. Standard and challenge versions add larger values, closer distractors, or an extra comparison step. Encourage your child to write down the place, operation, or unit before calculating. If an answer is close but does not match the requested place value, fraction denominator, or measurement unit, it is probably the trap answer.
What your child will learn
- Read numbers to one million
- Find digit values
- Use expanded form
- Compare large numbers
- Reason about ten-times place value
Worked example
In 482,615, the 8 is in the ten-thousands place, so its value is 80,000.
Common mistake
Treating a digit as its face value even when it is in the thousands or ten-thousands place.
Helpful hint
Name the place first, then decide the value of the digit.
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