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
- B16✓
- C15
- D17
Answer: When we count, 16 comes after 15. 14 comes before 15.
Which number is the biggest?
- A8
- B5
- C12✓
- D3
Answer: 12 is larger than 8, 5, and 3. It has more in it.
Write the number twenty in digits.
- A2
- B22
- C20✓
- 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?
- A6
- B8✓
- C10
- D7
Answer: When we count 7, 8, 9... the number 8 comes in the middle.
Which number is the smallest?
- A9
- B15
- C4✓
- D11
Answer: 4 is the smallest number. It is less than 9, 15, and 11.
Count in tens: 10, 20, 30, ?
- A35
- B40✓
- C50
- D25
Answer: We add 10 each time. So after 30 comes 40. 10, 20, 30, 40.
What does the 3 stand for in 32?
- A3 ones
- B3 tens✓
- C32
- D2 tens
Answer: In 32, the 3 is in the tens place. So 3 means 3 tens (or 30).
What is 50 made of?
- A5 ones
- B5 tens✓
- 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?
- A64
- B46✓
- C406
- D14
Answer: 4 tens = 40, and 6 ones = 6. So 40 + 6 = 46.
Order these from smallest to biggest: 25, 12, 30, 8
- A30, 25, 12, 8
- B8, 12, 25, 30✓
- C12, 8, 25, 30
- D25, 12, 30, 8
Answer: Start with the smallest: 8. Then 12. Then 25. Then 30 is the biggest.
What number is 1 less than 20?
- A19✓
- B21
- C20
- D22
Answer: 1 less means we take away 1. 20 - 1 = 19.
What number is 1 more than 49?
- A48
- B50✓
- C49
- D40
Answer: 1 more means we add 1. 49 + 1 = 50.