Place Value × 10 Pattern · seed 1 · A4, ink-friendly. The answer key prints on its own page for grown-ups.

One Place Left, Ten Times Bigger

Mathematics · Number Representation & Place Value · ages 9-10
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. Complete: 700 / 70 = ?

    Answer: ______________

  2. How does the 3 in 3,000 compare with the 3 in 300?

    • It is one hundred times as much
    • Ten times as much
    • One tenth as much
    • Exactly the same

  3. In the number 3,000, how many times greater is the value of the 3 than the value of the 3 in 300?

    • 10 times
    • 100 times
    • 3 times

  4. Moving a digit one place to the left in a number always makes it worth 10 times more.

    Circle one:   True   False

  5. Look at the bars. The digit 4 is worth 40 in one number and 400 in another. How many times bigger is 400 than 40?

    4040400400
    • 4 times
    • 10 times
    • 40 times

  6. Omar says 700 / 70 = 100 because two zeros cancel. Is Omar right?

    Circle one:   True   False

  7. How many times greater is the 5 in 50,000 than the 5 in 5,000?

    • 5
    • 100
    • 10
    • 1,000

  8. The 5 in 50,000 is how many times greater than the 5 in 5,000?

    • 5 times
    • 10 times
    • 100 times

  9. Ben says the 6 in 6,000 is 100 times the 6 in 600, because there are two extra zeros. What is his mistake?

    • He is right, it is 100 times
    • He should compare 6,000 to 60 instead
    • Moving one place left is always ×10, not ×100, so it is only 10 times bigger

  10. The digit 4 in 40,000 is how many times greater than the 4 in 400?

    Answer: ______________

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Answer key

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  1. 10 · 700 / 70 = 10.
  2. Ten times as much · 3,000 is ten times 300, so the 3 is worth ten times as much.
  3. 10 times · Moving one place to the left always makes a digit worth 10 times more.
  4. True · That is the whole pattern: each place to the left is ten times the place to its right.
  5. 10 times · 400 is ten times 40. The 4 shifted one place left.
  6. False · Omar is wrong: only one zero cancels from each side, giving 70 / 7 = 10.
  7. 10 · 50,000 / 5,000 = 10.
  8. 10 times · 50,000 is ten times 5,000, so the 5 moved one place left and became 10 times bigger.
  9. Moving one place left is always ×10, not ×100, so it is only 10 times bigger · 6,000 is one place left of 600. One place left is always ×10, so the 6 is only 10 times bigger, not 100 times.
  10. 100 · 40,000 / 400 = 100.
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