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Grade 5 Place value Worksheets & Practice

Place value tells you what a digit means based on its position. Discover the strategy, try a few examples, and choose a free printable level.

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What your learner will practice

Preparing for middle-school math. Fifth graders strengthen work with whole numbers, fractions, decimals, percentages and mathematical expressions.

With place value in Grade 5, the goal is to build understanding and to explain the method, not just get a number. Take breaks and repeat short sessions when needed.

How to solve place value problems

  1. 1Read the whole number from left to right.
  2. 2Identify the digit and its position: ones, tens, hundreds, or higher.
  3. 3Multiply the digit by the value of its place.
Common mistake to watch for

A digit and the value of that digit are not always the same.

Try these six examples

Read each question, solve on paper, and then check the answer. The full printable sets below provide 20 new problems each.

  1. Value of the thousands digit in 596,187? Answer: 6,000
  2. Value of the ones digit in 258,920? Answer: 0
  3. Value of the hundred-thousands digit in 273,430? Answer: 200,000
  4. Value of the ones digit in 257,556? Answer: 6
  5. Value of the hundreds digit in 806,509? Answer: 500
  6. Value of the hundred-thousands digit in 107,924? Answer: 100,000

Helpful teaching idea

Use a place-value chart and highlight the target digit.

Invite students to estimate, solve, and explain whether the result is reasonable before showing the answer key.