Place Value Task Cards Value of the Underlined Digit Math Activity

Are you looking for place value practice that goes beyond simply naming ones, tens, and hundreds? These place value task cards help students think more carefully about the value of digits and how that value depends on where a digit appears in a number. I've found that students can sometimes name a place correctly but still confuse the place with the value. For example, knowing that a 6 is in the hundreds place doesn't always mean they'll immediately connect it with a value of 600. These 24 cards give them practice making that connection.

What’s Included

• 24 place value task cards

• A recording sheet for student answers

• Answer key for all cards

• PDF format for printing

A Closer Look at the Practice

• Questions vary throughout the set. Some ask students to find the value of an underlined digit, while others ask for the digit located in a particular place.

• The later cards also introduce the relationship between place values, asking students to consider whether a digit has ten times or one-tenth the value of another digit.

• Numbers range from smaller whole numbers through the millions.

Where These Fit

• These cards work well in Grades 2–5, depending on the place value range you're currently teaching.

• Use them during a math center, with a small group, for partner practice, or as a whole-class Scoot activity. They're also handy when you need independent review without preparing another worksheet.

Place Value Skills

• Place and value of digits

• Value of underlined digits

• Ones through millions

• Reading larger whole numbers

• Relationships between adjacent place values

Print the cards once and keep them with your place value materials. You can use the whole set or pull out just the cards that suit your students at the time.