Primary 2 · Mathematics · Number & Place Value
Number & Place Value questions for Primary 2 Maths
10 questions to work through online. Answer and you get the working straight away, then a score at the end. No sign-up, and you can retake it as often as you like.
- Place value
- Value of a digit
- Numbers in words
- Comparing numbers
- Expanded form
- One more, one less
- How many tens
- Ordering
- 10 more, 10 less
Answers and explanations for all 10 questions
Every answer with the reasoning behind it. Worth reading after you have tried the set — or on its own, if you are a parent marking it.
In the number 472, which digit is in the tens place?
Answer: 7
472 is 4 hundreds, 7 tens and 2 ones, so the tens digit is 7.
What is the value of the digit 5 in 358?
Answer: 50
The 5 sits in the tens place, so it stands for 5 × 10 = 50.
Write four hundred and six in numerals.
Answer: 406
Four hundred is 400 and six is 6, so together they make 406.
Which of these is the largest number?
Answer: 821
Compare hundreds first: 821 and 812 both have 8 hundreds, then 821 has more tens.
300 + 40 + 5 = ?
Answer: 345
3 hundreds, 4 tens and 5 ones make 345.
What is 1 more than 399?
Answer: 400
399 + 1 regroups the 9 ones and 9 tens up to 400.
How many tens are there in 240?
Answer: 24
240 ÷ 10 = 24, so there are 24 tens in 240.
Which number lies between 650 and 670?
Answer: 661
661 is greater than 650 and less than 670, so it sits between them.
In 736, what does the digit 7 stand for?
Answer: 700
The 7 is in the hundreds place, so it stands for 700.
Which number is 10 less than 503?
Answer: 493
503 − 10 = 493: the tens digit is 0, so a hundred is regrouped.