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Contents
Multiplication & Division
Place Value
1 Place Value 3
10 Grouping 41
2 Comparing Numbers
7
11 Multiplying
43
3 Rounding & Estimating
11
12 Sharing Equally
51
Review
15
13 Dividing
53
Addition & Subtraction
14 Factors & Multiples
57
4 Adding & Subtracting
2-Digit Numbers
Review
59
17
Fractions
5 Adding 3-Digit Numbers
19
15 Parts of a Whole
63
16 Parts of a Set
67
17 Comparing Fractions
71
Review
73
6 Subtracting 3-Digit Numbers 23
7 Adding 3 or More Numbers
29
8Adding & Subtracting
4-Digit Numbers
31
9Estimating Sums &
Differences
33
18 Length
75
Review
37
19 Liquid Volume 79
20 Weight
83
21 Temperature
87
Review
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Contents
Geometry
22 Plane Shapes
93
23 Solid Shapes
97
24 Symmetry
101
25 Flips, Slides & Turns
103
Review
105
Time & Money
26 Telling Time
107
27 Adding & Subtracting Time 109
28 Multiplying & Dividing Time 111
29 Adding & Subtracting
Money
113
30Multiplying & Dividing
Money
115
Review
117
Answers
119
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Place Value
Find Your Place
Example:
IDENTIFY the place of each digit. Then WRITE the digit.
4 ,
5
8
2
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on
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ten eds
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nd
hu
ds
an
us
tho
1.
3.
5.
1,805
Commas make numbers
easier to read. A comma
belongs after the
thousands place.
2.
9,214
ones
4
tens
1
hundreds
2
thousands
9
7,336
ones
ones
tens
tens
hundreds
hundreds
thousands
thousands
8,240
4.
3,699
ones
ones
tens
tens
hundreds
hundreds
thousands
thousands
6,002
6.
1
2,173
ones
ones
tens
tens
hundreds
hundreds
thousands
thousands
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Place Value
Number Words
WRITE the number words.
HINT: A comma goes after the thousands in the written form of the number, just like in the
number itself.
Example: 8,172
6,405
1.
8,172 in written form is
eight thousand, one hundred seventy-two.
six thousand, four hundred five
1,538
2.
2,780
3.
4,999
4.
7,263
5.
9,314
6.
WRITE the number.
three thousand, five hundred seventy-six
7.
8. eight
9. five
3,576
thousand, six hundred thirty-three
thousand, two hundred ten
nine thousand, eight hundred ninety-one
10.
seven thousand, three hundred forty-five
11.
12.one
thousand, four hundred fifty-two
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Comparing Numbers
Mismatched
2
WRITE > or < in each box.
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Comparing Numbers
Which One?
2
CIRCLE the largest number in each row.
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Comparing Numbers
Which One?
CIRCLE the smallest number in each row.
5,208
4,763
8,459
5,530
7,848
8,125
7,957
8,002
3,491
4,862
3,399
4,153
6,589
6,332
6,912
6,474
2,174
2,238
2,634
2,165
9,530
9,602
9,592
9,528
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
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Rounding & Estimating
Round About
3
Rounding makes numbers easier to work with.
Numbers that end in 1 through 4 get
rounded down to the nearest ten.
40
41
42
Numbers that end in 5 through 9 get
rounded up to the nearest ten.
43
44
Numbers that end in 1 through 49 get
rounded down to the nearest hundred.
200
210
220
230
45
46
47
48
49
50
Numbers that end in 50 through 99 get
rounded up to the nearest hundred.
240
250
260
237
270
280
290
300
264
ROUND each number to the nearest ten.
1.
22 2.
87 3.
41 4.
94 5.
53 6.
78 7.
16 8.
35 ROUND each number to the nearest hundred.
9.
504 10.
367 11.
129 12.
781 13.
472 14.
831 15.
644 16.
256 11
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Rounding & Estimating
Round About
Rounding large numbers works the same way.
Numbers that end in 1 through 499 get
rounded down to the nearest thousand.
3,000
3,100
3,200
3,300
Numbers that end in 500 through 999 get
rounded up to the nearest thousand.
3,400
3,500
3,453
3,600
3,700
3,800
3,900
4,000
3,638
ROUND each number to the nearest thousand.
1.
7,372
2.
1,239
3.
5,836
4.
8,199
5.
2,964
6.
6,078
7.
8,735
8.
3,484
9.
1,577
10.
4,179
11.
7,991
12.
5,639
13.
3,743
14.
2,804
15.
6,529
16.
4,495
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Rounding & Estimating
Loop It
Estimate the number of bees. Then CIRCLE groups of 10 to count the bees and check
your estimate.
Estimate:
Check:
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Review
Write the Number
WRITE the number or number words.
1. eight
thousand, four hundred twenty-one
2. three
thousand, nine hundred fifty-four
3. five
thousand, seven hundred thirty-six
4. seven
5. 4,385
6. 6,509
thousand, six hundred seventy-seven
7. 7,138
8. 9,870
Use all of the numbers above to answer each question. WRITE the number.
9. Which
number has a 1 in the ones place?
10. Which
number has an 8 in the tens place?
11. Which
number has a 5 in the tens place?
12. Which
number has a 5 in the thousands place?
13. Which
number has a 3 in the hundreds place?
14. Which
number has a 9 in the thousands place?
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