Place Value Worksheet
Use place value to put numbers in order from smallest to largest (ascending) or largest to smallest (descending).
To order 89, 125, 73: Compare the number of digits first. 125 has 3 digits, the others have 2. So 125 is largest! Between 73 and 89, compare tens: 7 < 8, so 73 < 89. Order: 73, 89, 125.
- 1.Order: 56, 23, 78 (least to greatest) ____, ____, ____
- 2.Order: 345, 198, 267 (least to greatest) ____, ____, ____
- 3.Order: 102, 99, 115 (greatest to least) ____, ____, ____
- 4.Which is the smallest? 450 / 405 / 540 / 504
- 5.Which is the largest? 789 / 798 / 879 / 987
- 6.Order: 2,000 / 1,999 / 2,001 (ascending)
- 7.True or False: 623 comes before 632 on a number line
- 8.What number is between 399 and 401? ____
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About This Ordering Numbers Place Value Worksheet
This free printable ordering numbers place value worksheet strengthens understanding of how digits change value depending on their position. Students practice tens, ones, hundreds, and beyond through expanded form, comparing, and rounding.
What Students Will Learn
Students learn that each place is ten times the place to its right, and how to read, write, compare, and round numbers. This positional understanding is the foundation for all multi-digit arithmetic and for decimals.
How Teachers Can Use This Worksheet
- Base-ten blocks: Model numbers with base-ten blocks so students physically see ten ones become one ten and ten tens become one hundred.
- Expanded-form practice: Have students rewrite numbers in expanded form to make the value of each digit explicit.
- Rounding number line: Use an open number line to teach rounding as "which benchmark is closer," not as a memorized rule.
How Parents and Homeschoolers Can Use This Worksheet
Play "guess my number" with clues like "my number has 4 tens and 7 ones." Use place-value language in daily life — "that costs 3 hundreds, 2 tens, and 5 ones." A few minutes of mental practice daily builds strong number sense.
Skills Covered
place value · tens and ones · expanded form · comparing numbers · number sense