Place Value Worksheet
A group of ten ones makes a ten. Count the tens and ones to find the number!
The number 34 means 3 tens and 4 ones. Each ten is a group of 10. The digit in the tens place tells how many groups of ten.
- 1.How many tens in 50? ____ tens
- 2.How many ones in 28? ____ ones
- 3.3 tens and 6 ones = ____
- 4.57 = ____ tens and ____ ones
- 5.Draw 2 tens and 4 ones. What number? ____
- 6.Which digit is in the tens place in 63? ____
- 7.What number has 5 tens and 0 ones? ____
- 8.Write the number: 8 tens + 2 ones = ____
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About This Tens and Ones Place Value Worksheet
This tens and ones worksheet helps Grade 1 students understand that the two digits in a two-digit number represent amounts of tens and ones — the cornerstone of place value understanding. Students practice grouping objects into tens, counting the leftover ones, and writing numbers in expanded form. Print on US Letter or A4. Answer key included.
What Students Will Learn
This worksheet develops spatial reasoning and data literacy — the two skill sets that predict later success in STEM fields. Students identify shapes and their properties, measure real objects, interpret graphs, and read tools like rulers, clocks, and number lines. These are hands-on, visual skills that build the intuition needed for geometry, statistics, and science.
How Teachers Can Use This Worksheet
- Hands-on warm-up: Before the worksheet, have students find examples in the classroom (angles in the room, shapes in objects) to connect abstract concepts to the physical world.
- Partner work (15 minutes): One student measures/draws while the other records and verifies — measurement errors become a teaching moment about precision.
- Real-world homework hook: Ask students to complete one section at home using real objects (measuring furniture, checking the clock, counting change) and bring the results back to compare.
How Parents and Homeschoolers Can Use This Worksheet
This worksheet works best with real objects nearby — a ruler, coins, a clock, or measuring cups. Let your child physically measure items around the house before writing answers. For time and money especially, everyday moments are practice: "How many minutes until dinner?" "What coins make 47 cents?" Turn the worksheet into a scavenger hunt by finding real examples of each concept. Encourage estimation before exact answers — estimating builds number sense.
Skills Covered
tens and ones · place value · expanded form · base-ten understanding · ten frames · number decomposition