Description
Bring place value to life with this 4th grade place value worksheets unit packed with interactive lessons, games, and hands-on activities for 4th grade! This math resource includes over 250 pages of practice materials that teach students to read, write, and compare numbers up to one million.
Students will explore base-ten concepts through engaging games, error analysis, and real-world applications — all designed to build a deep understanding of large numbers and place value relationships.
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What’s Included in This 4th Grade Math Unit
This unit offers the perfect blend of structured lessons and creative practice activities to make large number concepts easy and fun for every learner.
Mini-Lesson:
A ready-to-use notebook page that introduces the meaning of each place value up to one million. Students glue it into their math notebooks as a yearlong reference for understanding base-ten relationships.
Worksheets (10 total):
Students practice converting and comparing numbers across multiple forms, including:
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Standard form
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Word form
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Expanded form
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Comparing and ordering large numbers up to one million
Emoji Math Sort:
Students decide if each answer is correct or incorrect by marking it with a happy or frown emoji. This error analysis task makes reviewing large number relationships fun and interactive.
Hands-On Place Value Activities
Ninja Place Value:
Students analyze ninja cards to determine who represented their number correctly. They identify errors using word form, expanded form, and standard form to reinforce conceptual understanding.
Tennis Pros:
Students match four corresponding cards (player, court, tennis ball, and trophy) that represent the same number in different forms — standard, word, expanded, and place value blocks.
Abacus Matching:
Students match each abacus to the correct number, strengthening visual understanding of how digits represent value in each column.
“Fill It In” Thinking Activity:
Students decode mystery numbers by reading clues written in expanded form, then reconstruct them in standard form within place value columns.
Game #1: Racing Game – Line Them Up!
Students race in teams to correctly arrange number cards in order from smallest to largest. Two versions included: comparing numbers up to one million and converting between expanded and standard form.
Game #2: Build a Football Field
Each correct answer helps students earn pieces to complete their football field! Chance cards keep gameplay unpredictable and exciting while reviewing expanded and standard forms.
Game #3: Build a Spring Day
Students compete to fill their spring scene by comparing large numbers. The first player to earn all 10 pieces wins — a great small-group or partner activity.
Game #4: Whole-Class Game – Bucket Filler!
Students solve task cards around the classroom focused on place value and comparing numbers. Correct answers get added to the classroom “bucket,” and winners are randomly selected for prizes at the end!
All games are provided in color and black-and-white versions for flexible printing and easy prep.
Flexible Classroom Uses
This 4th grade place value unit can be used for:
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Whole-group lessons introducing multi-digit numbers
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Math centers or station activities
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Independent practice and homework
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Early finisher challenges
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Sub plans or spiral review
Differentiated materials make it easy to challenge advanced students or support those who need extra practice.
Standards Alignment
Common Core:
4.NBT.1 – Recognize that in a multi-digit number, a digit in one place represents ten times what it represents in the place to its right.
4.NBT.2 – Read and write multi-digit whole numbers using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form. Compare two multi-digit numbers using >, =, and < symbols.
Texas TEKS:
3.2A–D, 4.2A, 4.4B – Compose and decompose numbers up to 100,000; describe mathematical relationships in the base-10 system; interpret value of digits; determine products of a number and 10 or 100 using place value understanding.
Florida B.E.S.T.:
MA.4.NSO.1.1 – Express how the value of a digit changes as it moves left or right.
MA.4.NSO.1.2 – Read and write multi-digit whole numbers from 0 to 1,000,000 in standard, expanded, and word form.
Why Teachers Love This Resource
Teachers love how this unit simplifies place value for large numbers while keeping students actively engaged through hands-on learning. The Ninja Place Value and Tennis Pros games make reviewing number forms exciting, while the Bucket Filler Game promotes teamwork and movement around the classroom.
Everything is no-prep, easy to implement, and built to make teaching place value stress-free.
Save Time and Make Place Value Practice Fun
This 4th Grade Math Unit is part of a full-year curriculum designed to make teaching math concepts interactive and low-prep. Each unit combines printable worksheets, structured lessons, and games that turn everyday math practice into an engaging experience for students.
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