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3rd grade · Math · Unit 1 of 18

Numbers to 100,000

Place value, comparing and ordering big numbers.

What your child practices

Reading and writing whole numbers up to 100 000, the value of each digit, comparing and ordering them, and adding or taking away 10, 100, 1,000 or 10,000.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) teks student expectation: 3.2(A); 3.2(B); 3.2(D) · place value to 100,000, and comparing and ordering whole numbers

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Each place is worth 10 times the place to its right.
  2. In 38 157, the 3 is worth 30,000.
  3. Compare the biggest places first.

Example: In 95 324, what is the value of the digit 5? 5 is in the thousands place. Its value is 5,000. Answer: 5,000

Numbers to 100,000 in Texas

In the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), this is unit 1 of 18 in 3rd grade Math, before Round & Count.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Texas Education Agency (TEA)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which is the numeral for thirty-five thousand, nine hundred ten?

    • 35,910
    • 36,910
    • 35,911

  2. Question 2

    In 84 672, what is the value of the digit 4?

    • 4
    • 40
    • 40,000
    • 4000

  3. Question 3

    In 48 021, what is the value of the digit 4?

    • 4
    • 400
    • 4000
    • 40,000

  4. Question 4

    Which number is 60,000 + 2000 + 100 + 5?

    • 61,205
    • 62,015
    • 62,150
    • 62,105

  5. Question 5

    In 38 215, which digit is in the thousands place?

    • 3
    • 8
    • 1
    • 2

  6. Question 6

    Tap the numbers from smallest to biggest.

    • 51,483
    • 17,678
    • 58,090
    • 79,571

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