Place Value Worksheets

Place Value Worksheets

The place value worksheets used to be a small collection hidden on the number sense worksheet page, but we decided to expand the selection and give them their own page! Here is a quick run-down on what you will find on the new page:

Place Value Charts

There are currently two place value charts, one for whole numbers and one for decimals. Place value charts help students who have difficulty lining things up and in learning place value by putting digits in the correct locations on the chart. Our place value chart includes lines, so students can use the place value chart for multiple numbers and better still, for operations that require a knowledge of place value like addition and subtraction.

The decimal place value chart is similar in that it also includes lines for multiple use, but it also includes places to thousandths.

Identifying Place

The ability to identify place helps students understand numbers better. Knowing what place is helps a great deal when students encounter more difficult concepts like adding and subtracting. For students who need a little extra help, our whole number place value chart can help them with the identifying place worksheets.

Also in this section, we've stuck in a worksheet on adding thousands separators.

Whole Number Place Value Worksheets

This section includes the more standard place value worksheets that ask students to identify the value of digits in certain places. You have choices that include worksheets with place values to hundreds all the way to worksheets with place values to hundred millions.

Decimal Place Value Worksheets

The final section on the place value worksheets page includes decimal place value worksheets where students identify the value of digits after the decimal. Options include place values down to millionths.

Local Options

You might notice that we have different number format options depending on where you live. Not everyone uses commas and points in numbers the same way, so we have included options for various parts of the world and made it easier for you to locate the appropriate worksheets for your country using little flag icons.

We hope you find our new place value worksheets useful and continue to use Math-Drills.com for your worksheet needs.

Showing Steps in Long Division

Showing Steps in Long Division

If you appreciate the standard algorithm for division (e.g. the one that is generally used in English-speaking countries), you may appreciate the new long division worksheets on Math-Drills.com that include answer keys with the steps of the standard algorithm shown.

One way to use the new answer keys is to allow students access to them while they are learning the standard algorithm. They can immediately compare their answers to the answer key and get immediate feedback that they can use to identify areas where they might have gone wrong and to use this information for self-correction.

Below is an image capture of one of the answer keys:

Example long division worksheet with steps shown on answer key.

Have a great day!

Serving Up Free Math Worksheets

Announcing a New Server for Math-Drills.com

Making math worksheets available all of the time requires a computer or several computers attached to the Internet all of the time that "hosts" these math worksheets. If the computer--also called a server--that hosts these worksheets has a problem, this often leads to a problem on the website. This was the case twice earlier in June, and since the facility that hosted the Math-Drills.com server couldn't resolve the problem, we decided to move to a new home at the Hivelocity Data Center in Tampa, Florida.

Besides the move, we also decided to get a speedier server for our growing audience of parents, teachers and other educators. With a faster server and some other website changes, we have cut the load time of most of our pages by several hundred milliseconds. Now, you might think that isn't much, but if you happen to be on a slow internet connection, that could turn into several seconds saved, and after opening ten worksheet pages, you might have saved enough time for an extra coffee break. Math-Drills.com is one website where users don't spend time waiting for extraneous scripts and images to download.

The nice folks over at Hivelocity took the time to take a picture of our new server in their data center, and it seems as though the free math worksheets had some effect on the surroundings!

Math-Drills.com's New Server at the Hivelocity Data Center in Tampa, Florida.

Thanks for your patience if you happened to experience any of our down time in June and we hope that you will continue to use the Free Math Worksheets at Math-Drills.com for many years to come.

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day from Math-Drills.com

Just a quick note to wish all the dads out there a happy Father's Day. To build a little math into Father's Day, try these activities.

1. Ask your son or daughter to figure out when they will be exactly half your age. Pencil and paper might be required. For older kids, use other fractions.
2. Have your child measure your Father's Day cards and figure out their areas.
3. Play a game using cards or dice that involves some counting, like cribbage or Yahtzee!
4. Have your child figure out how many Father's Days you've been a dad.
5. Get your child involved in figuring out the math for everyday situations including shopping, building things, and cooking.

"A father is someone who carries pictures in his wallet where his money used to be." --unknown

If you're a dad, please accept our heartfelt best wishes on your special day.