How it works
A place value chart gives every digit its own column, so 47 is 4 tens and 7 ones. This page opens on a blank tens and ones chart. The Sheet menu runs to billions, thousandths, money and mats for disks.
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Pick the chart by grade
For 1st grade print the tens and ones chart, and for 2nd the hundreds place value chart. For 3rd graders a ones, tens, hundreds, thousands chart is enough. 4th grade runs up to hundred thousands and stops at 1,000,000. For 5th graders add the decimal point and thousandths.
Read a big number by periods
Past the thousands, columns sit in periods of three: Ones, Thousands, Millions, Billions. A comma stands between periods. Read each period as a small number, then say its name.
Use it with blocks or a marker
A place value mat, printable under Mats for blocks and disks, has tall columns to lay base ten blocks in. For a wipe-off chart, set Line weight to Heavy in More options and use a page protector.
- Every place is worth 10 times the place to its right, so a digit moved one column left is multiplied by 10.
- There is no oneths place. The names mirror around the ones: tens pair with tenths, hundreds with hundredths.
- In class, keep the word and for the decimal point: 208.75 is two hundred eight and seventy-five hundredths.
Questions and answers
What is a tens and ones place value chart?
It is a two-column chart headed Tens and Ones. A two-digit number goes in one digit to a column, so 47 shows as 4 tens and 7 ones, or 40 + 7. It is the first chart in the Sheet menu.
How do I get a free place value chart with decimals as a PDF?
Choose a chart under Decimals, such as the place value chart to thousandths, press Print this sheet and pick Save as PDF as the printer. The place value chart to millions saves as a PDF the same way.
Is there a place value chart up to millions and past it?
Yes. The place value chart through millions has seven columns, and three wider charts run to hundred millions, billions and hundred billions. In the United States a billion is a thousand millions, so Billions is the fourth period.
What is a money place value chart?
It is a decimal chart with money names on the columns: hundreds, tens and ones for dollar bills, then dimes and pennies after the point. A dime is a tenth of a dollar and a penny is a hundredth.
Is a place value chart for whole numbers different from one with decimals?
Only to the right of the ones. A whole number chart ends at Ones. A blank place value chart with decimals adds a decimal point column, then tenths, hundredths and thousandths, each one tenth of the place before it.