Quiz Place value Level A Circle the right answer for each question. 1. A speed limit sign has the number 30. What do the digits in the number mean? A) thirty tens B) three tens and ten units C) three tens and zero units D) zero tens and three units Page 1 of 16
2. A road sign tells you that you have twelve miles to travel. What number is on the sign? A) 21 B) 12 C) 102 D) 120 3. You are going on holiday by plane. The flight luggage limit is 23kg. What does the number mean? A) 2 tens add 3 tens B) 3 tens and 2 units C) 2 units add 3 units D) 2 tens and 3 units 4. A train journey takes 35 minutes. What does the number mean? A) three tens and five units B) five tens and three units C) three units add five units D) thirty five tens Page 2 of 16
5. You change the heating control to 23 C. What does the number mean? A) twenty three tens B) three tens and two units C) two tens and three units D) two units add three units 6. The price of a theatre ticket is 10. If the 0 was missed in the printing, what would the price be? A) 10 pence B) 1 C) 9 D) 100 Page 3 of 16
Quiz Place value Level B Circle the right answer for each question. 1. The speed limit signs on the road into town change from 40 to 30 and then 20. With each sign, the number gets smaller by A) 1 ten B) zero tens C) 1 unit D) zero units Page 4 of 16
2. There are four buses at the terminus. Their numbers are 4, 10, 14, 24. Which number has one ten and zero units? A) 24 B) 14 C) 10 D) 4 3. The cost of a car service is shown by eight tens and seven units. What is the cost? A) 78 B) 87 C) 150 D) 15 4. A restaurant meal costs 60. How many 10 notes will pay the bill? A) 6 B) 7 C) 16 D) 61 Page 5 of 16
5. You send a letter to 15 Wood Lane. The house number is made up of A) fifteen tens B) one ten and five units C) five tens and one unit D) one hundred and five tens 6. There are nineteen guests at your party. Another 2 arrive. How many guests are there now? A) 17 B) 21 C) 39 D) 111 Page 6 of 16
Quiz Place value Level C Circle the right answer for each question. 1) You have many songs on your MP3 player. The number of songs is made up of four tens and seven units. How is this shown? A) 74 B) 47 C) 11 D) 3 Page 7 of 16
2) The first lottery numbers drawn are 12, 18, 29, 36. Which has at least two tens and less than three? A) 12 B) 18 C) 29 D) 36 3) You buy 24 cakes for a party. 24 is the same as A) 4 tens add 2 units B) 2 tens add 4 units C) 2 units add 4 units D) 1 ten add 14 units Page 8 of 16
4) You buy food in the shop for 4 and give the shopkeeper a 20 note. You get a 10 note in change and some coins. How much change in coins should you have? A) 2 B) 4 C) 6 D) 8 5) You have 20 cash and get two 10 notes form the cash machine. How much do you now have? A) 21 B) 30 C) 22 D) 40 Page 9 of 16
6) There are 9 people in a queue for cinema tickets. 2 more arrive. How can you describe the total number in tens and units? A) zero tens and seven units B) zero tens and ten units C) one ten and two units D) one ten and one unit Page 10 of 16
Quiz - answers Place value Level A 1. A speed limit sign has the number 30. What do the digits in the number mean? The correct answer is C. The 3 is the number of tens and the zero is the number of units. 2. A road sign tells you that you have twelve miles to travel. What number is on the sign? The correct answer is B. Twelve means 1 ten and 2 units. 3. You are going on holiday by plane. The flight luggage limit is 23kg. What does the number mean? The correct answer is D. The digit on the right means three units and the one to the left means two tens. Page 11 of 16
4. A train journey takes 35 minutes. What does the number mean? The correct answer is A. The digit on the right means five units and the one to the left means three tens. 5. You change the heating control to 23 C. What does the number mean? The correct answer is C. The digit on the right means three units and the one to the left means two tens. 6. The price of a theatre ticket is 10. If the 0 was missed in the printing, what would the price be? The correct answer is B. Taking away the zero changes the value of the 1, from one ten to one unit. Page 12 of 16
Quiz - answers Place value Level B 1. The speed limit signs on the road into town change from 40 to 30 and then 20. With each sign, the number gets smaller by The correct answer is A. The first digit means tens so it gets smaller by ten each time. 2. There are four buses at the terminus. Their numbers are 4, 10, 14, 24. Which number has one ten and zero units? The correct answer is C. The digit on the right means zero units and the one to the left means one ten. 3. The cost of a car service is shown by eight tens and seven units. What is the cost? The correct answer is B. The digit on the right means seven units and the one to the left means eight tens. Page 13 of 16
4. A restaurant meal costs 60. How many 10 notes will pay the bill? The correct answer is A. 60 means 6 tens, and zero units. 5. You send a letter to 15 Wood Lane. The house number is made up of The correct answer is B. The digit on the right means five units and the one to the left means one ten. 6. There are nineteen guests at your party. Another 2 arrive. How many guests are there now? The correct answer is B. 2 more units means there will be 2 tens and 1 unit. Page 14 of 16
Quiz - answers Place value Level C 1. You have many songs on your MP3 player. The number of songs is made up of four tens and seven units. How is this shown? The correct answer is B. The digit on the right means seven units and the one to the left means 4 tens. 2. The first lottery numbers drawn are 12, 18, 29, 36. Which has at least two tens and less than three? The correct answer is C. 29 has two tens and nine units. 3. You buy 24 cakes for a party. 24 is the same as The correct answer is B. The digit on the right means 4 units and the one to the left means 2 tens. Page 15 of 16
4. You buy food in the shop for 4 and give the shopkeeper a 20 note. You get a 10 note in change and some coins. How much change in coins should you have? The correct answer is C. You get one 10 back. You've spent 4 so that leaves 6 units from the other 10. 5. You have 20 cash and get two 10 notes form the cash machine. How much do you now have? The correct answer is D. 20 add another two tens equals 4 tens and zero units. 6. There are 9 people in a queue for cinema tickets. 2 more arrive. How can you describe the total number in tens and units? The correct answer is D. 11 is made up of one ten and one unit. Page 16 of 16