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Free 4th Grade Place Value Worksheets (to hundred thousands)

Every sheet of 4th grade place value worksheets on this page is built the moment you open it, so the 20 problems below are not the same ones the last visitor printed, and the answer key is generated with them. The current sheet starts with problems like “In 644,092, the digit in the hundreds place is □” and “In 653,068, the digit in the hundred thousands place is □”, and the answers (0 and 6) are printed on the key so marking takes about a minute.

📄 4TH GRADE PLACE VALUE WORKSHEETS — A NEW SHEET EVERY TIME YOU PRESS THE BUTTON
🎲 New set of problems

‘New set of problems’ opens the generator in its own tab. There you can change the problem count and turn the answer key on or off. ‘Print or save as PDF’ opens the print dialog — choose Save as PDF in the printer list to keep the file. The sheet fits US Letter and A4, and the answer key prints on its own page.

What these worksheets cover

Nearly every later arithmetic error traces back to place value: misaligned columns, a lost zero, a decimal point in the wrong slot. Ten minutes a day here quietly fixes problems that look like they belong to other topics.

Because the sheet regenerates, the same place is not asked about twice in a row, so the child has to locate the position each time rather than remember where it was on the last sheet, which uses six-digit numbers, and a typical line looks like “In 791,994, the digit in the hundred thousands place is □”.

Reading a number aloud correctly is half the skill. Children who say the digits one by one rather than naming the whole number usually cannot answer “In 653,068, the digit in the hundred thousands place is □” without recounting.

Notice that zeros are included deliberately. A zero holding a place is the concept most often missed, and it is why a question like “In 655,159, the digit in the thousands place is □” catches children who are counting positions by eye.

Teachers usually place 4th grade place value worksheets alongside the number and operations in base ten strand for this grade, which is where the skill sits in the majority of US state frameworks.

A sample of this sheet, with answers

These six come from the sheet loaded on this page. Press the button and the numbers change, but the shape stays the same (six-digit numbers).
#ProblemAnswerWhat to check
1In 644,092, the digit in the hundreds place is □0Watch for: skipping the zero
2In 653,068, the digit in the hundred thousands place is □6Check: losing track in long numbers
3In 974,855, the digit in the hundreds place is □8Look at: reading a comma as a decimal point
4In 655,159, the digit in the thousands place is □5Ask about: mixing up tens and ones vocabulary
5In 791,994, the digit in the hundred thousands place is □7Watch for: confusing the digit with its value
6In 714,158, the digit in the ten thousands place is □1Check: counting from the wrong end

A worked example from this sheet

The item “In 653,068, the digit in the hundred thousands place is □” is worth doing slowly. The answer to “In 653,068, the digit in the hundred thousands place is □” is 6, and the route to it is the route every other problem on this sheet takes — which is why the sheet has 20 of them rather than one.

A good first problem to do together is “In 644,092, the digit in the hundreds place is □”, which comes out at 0. Do “In 644,092, the digit in the hundreds place is □” once with the child narrating, then hand over the pencil and start the clock on the other 20 problems.

Where children usually slip up

How to run this as a 10-minute daily drill

  1. Re-print the same skill rather than the same sheet. Because the numbers change, a child who memorised that “In 644,092, the digit in the hundreds place is □” gives 0 still has to actually calculate tomorrow.
  2. Run the sheet at the same time each day. Ten focused minutes before dinner beats an hour on Sunday, because place value is a recall skill: “In 644,092, the digit in the hundreds place is □” has to arrive without being worked out, and recall is built by frequency.
  3. Use a pencil, not a pen. Children working on place value rethink far more often when erasing is allowed, and you get to see exactly where the rethinking happened on an item like “In 974,855, the digit in the hundreds place is □”.
  4. If two days in a row come out under 10 minutes with everything correct, that is the signal to move up: either numbers bigger than “In 644,092, the digit in the hundreds place is □” uses, or the next skill in the sequence.
  5. Do not raise the number of problems until the accuracy is steady. Going from 20 correct-but-slow problems to more problems only multiplies the same mistake.

About the answer key

The answer key is generated with the worksheet, not written by hand, so it always matches the sheet in front of you — “In 644,092, the digit in the hundreds place is □” is listed as 0, “In 653,068, the digit in the hundred thousands place is □” as 6, and so on down the page.

Answers appear next to their question numbers, so a wrong item like “In 653,068, the digit in the hundred thousands place is □” can be found in the key in a second and re-worked while it is still fresh.

How to print this worksheet

To save these 4th grade place value worksheets instead of printing them, choose 'Save as PDF' in the printer list. You get the worksheet and the answer key as a single PDF, on Letter or A4 depending on your printer settings.

Printing works the same on US Letter and A4, because the layout uses relative widths rather than fixed inches. Set margins to default and scaling to 100%, and all 20 problems fit.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need an account to print these worksheets?
No. There is no sign-up, no email and no download step — the 4th grade place value worksheets are built in your browser and go straight to your printer or to a PDF file.
Why does place value matter so much?
Because column arithmetic is nothing but place value applied. Children who are shaky on place value make errors in addition, subtraction and decimals that look unrelated but share this one root cause, visible in the working behind “In 791,994, the digit in the hundred thousands place is □”.
How many different sheets can I make?
As many as you want. The numbers are randomised each time, so printing five sheets in a row gives five different sets of 20 problems on the same skill.
At what age should this be automatic?
Two- and three-digit place value is usually secure by the end of second or third grade. The range on this sheet (six-digit numbers) and decimals continue for several years after that.

When these become easy, move along the related links below rather than adding more problems to the same sheet.

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Last updated: 2026-09-13