Place Clues Answer Key

Place Clues gives students focused practice identifying the place name and actual value of a boxed digit inside a decimal. Students examine each number, locate the highlighted digit, write whether it is in the ones, tenths, hundredths, or thousandths place, and then state what that digit is worth. The worksheet strengthens decimal place value, digit value, place names, standard notation, and mathematical precision. It is especially useful for students in grades 4-6 who may know where a digit sits but still need help understanding the difference between the name of the place and the value of the digit.

Learning Goals

• Locate the boxed digit: Students carefully identify which digit the problem is asking about.
• Name the place: Learners decide whether the digit is in the ones, tenths, hundredths, or thousandths position.
• Write the value: Students express what the digit is actually worth, such as 0.7, 0.04, or 0.006.
• Separate place from value: Children learn that “hundredths” is a place name, while “0.05” is a value.

How This Helps

• Targets a very common confusion: Students often say the digit instead of telling what it is worth.
• Supports parent guidance: Adults can ask two simple questions: “What place is it in?” and then, “So what is that digit worth?”
• Builds careful attention: The boxed-digit format encourages students to slow down and focus on one specific position.
• Works across settings: Use it for classroom review, homework, tutoring, intervention, or homeschool practice.
• No-prep format: The page is ready to print and use immediately.

This worksheet is valuable because place and value sound similar but are not the same thing. If the boxed 7 appears in the hundredths place, the place name is hundredths, but the digit’s value is 0.07. That distinction matters later when students compare decimals, write expanded form, round numbers, and perform operations. As learners complete the page, they strengthen decimal vocabulary, place-value fluency, digit-value reasoning, accuracy, and confidence. In classroom and homeschool settings, this practice gives students a dependable routine for explaining exactly what each digit means.