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Grade 2 place value worksheets
2.NBT.A.1 Number and operations
Printable place value worksheets for grade 2, aligned to Common Core standard 2.NBT.A.1. Tens and ones.
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Sample problems
- In 424, what digit is in the hundreds place? 4
- In 357, what digit is in the hundreds place? 3
- In 384, what digit is in the ones place? 4
- In 297, what digit is in the tens place? 9
- In 470, what digit is in the ones place? 0
- In 341, what digit is in the hundreds place? 3
- In 177, what digit is in the hundreds place? 1
- In 465, what digit is in the ones place? 5
These eight are one sample at medium difficulty — the generator makes a different set every time.
A worked example
In 424, what digit is in the hundreds place? 4
- Reading 424 from left to right: 4 hundreds, 2 tens, 4 ones
- The hundreds digit is 4
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About these worksheets
Number work rewards repetition with different numbers rather than the same sheet twice. Every sheet is generated fresh, so you can print a new one on the same skill as often as you need — different numbers, same difficulty.
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