Maths - Number and Place Value
20 free practice questions with explanations
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Maths - Number and Place Value: example questions & answers
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What number comes after 15?
- A14
- B15
- C17
- D16✓
Answer: When we count, 16 comes after 15. 14 comes before 15.
Which number is the biggest?
- A5
- B3
- C8
- D12✓
Answer: 12 is larger than 8, 5, and 3. It has more in it.
Write the number twenty in digits.
- A2
- B20✓
- C22
- D12
Answer: Twenty is written as 20. The 2 means two tens, and the 0 means zero ones.
What number comes between 7 and 9?
- A8✓
- B6
- C10
- D7
Answer: When we count 7, 8, 9... the number 8 comes in the middle.
Which number is the smallest?
- A4✓
- B11
- C9
- D15
Answer: 4 is the smallest number. It is less than 9, 15, and 11.
Count in tens: 10, 20, 30, ?
- A40✓
- B25
- C50
- D35
Answer: We add 10 each time. So after 30 comes 40. 10, 20, 30, 40.
What does the 3 stand for in 32?
- A3 tens✓
- B3 ones
- C2 tens
- D32
Answer: In 32, the 3 is in the tens place. So 3 means 3 tens (or 30).
What is 50 made of?
- A5 tens✓
- B5 ones
- C50 tens
- D5 hundreds
Answer: 50 = 5 tens. When we have 5 groups of 10, we get 50.
Which number has 4 tens and 6 ones?
- A14
- B64
- C406
- D46✓
Answer: 4 tens = 40, and 6 ones = 6. So 40 + 6 = 46.
Order these from smallest to biggest: 25, 12, 30, 8
- A8, 12, 25, 30✓
- B30, 25, 12, 8
- C25, 12, 30, 8
- D12, 8, 25, 30
Answer: Start with the smallest: 8. Then 12. Then 25. Then 30 is the biggest.
What number is 1 less than 20?
- A20
- B21
- C19✓
- D22
Answer: 1 less means we take away 1. 20 - 1 = 19.
What number is 1 more than 49?
- A48
- B49
- C40
- D50✓
Answer: 1 more means we add 1. 49 + 1 = 50.
Which number is between 18 and 22?
- A22
- B25
- C20✓
- D18
Answer: 20 is in the middle. It is more than 18 and less than 22.
What is the number 27 made of?
- A2 tens and 7 ones✓
- B7 tens and 2 ones
- C27 tens
- D2 ones and 7 tens
Answer: In 27, there are 2 tens (20) and 7 ones (7). So 20 + 7 = 27.
How many tens are in 60?
- A10 tens
- B16 tens
- C60 tens
- D6 tens✓
Answer: 60 is made of 6 tens. 6 x 10 = 60.
Put these in order from biggest to smallest: 14, 41, 4, 34
- A4, 14, 34, 41
- B14, 34, 41, 4
- C41, 4, 34, 14
- D41, 34, 14, 4✓
Answer: Start with the biggest: 41. Then 34. Then 14. Then 4 is the smallest.
What number has 5 tens and 3 ones?
- A503
- B35
- C8
- D53✓
Answer: 5 tens = 50, and 3 ones = 3. So 50 + 3 = 53.
Count backwards from 10: 10, 9, 8, ?, ?
- A7, 6✓
- B6, 5
- C5, 4
- D8, 7
Answer: We subtract 1 each time. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6. So the missing numbers are 7 and 6.
Which pair of numbers makes 10?
- A3 and 7✓
- B4 and 5
- C2 and 9
- D6 and 2
Answer: 3 + 7 = 10. The other pairs do not make 10: 4 + 5 = 9, 2 + 9 = 11 and 6 + 2 = 8.
What number is 10 more than 25?
- A15
- B25
- C35✓
- D30
Answer: 10 more means we add 10. 25 + 10 = 35.