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Place Value Unit Assessment
Name
Date
1. Compare the values of each 7 in the number 771,548. Use pictures, numbers and words to explain.
2. Compare using >, <, or =. Place your answer inside the circle.
a. 234 thousands + 7 ten-thousands
b. 4 hundred thousands - 2 thousands
c. 1 million
241,000
200,000
4 hundred thousands + 6 hundred thousands
d. 709 thousands - 1 hundred thousand
708 thousands
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Place Value Unit Assessment
3. Norfolk, Virginia has a population of 242,628 people. Baltimore, Maryland has 376,865 more people than Norfolk.
Charleston, South Carolina has 496,804 less people than Baltimore.
a. What is the total population of all three cities? Draw a tape diagram to model the word problem. Then solve
the problem.
b. Round to the nearest hundred thousand to check the reasonableness of your answer for the population of
Charleston, South Carolina.
c. Record each city’s population in numbers (standard form), in words, and in expanded form.
Norfolk – ______________________________________________________________________
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Baltimore-______________________________________________________________________
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Charleston - _____________________________________________________________________
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d. Compare the population of Norfolk and Charlestown using >, <, or =.
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Place Value Unit Assessment
Helen lives in Fredericksburg, Virginia, which has a population of 24,286. She says that Norfolk’s population is about 10
times as large as Fredericksburg’s population. Explain Helen’s thinking. Is she correct in thinking this? How do you
know? Explain. Is she incorrect? How do you know?
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Yahoo! You finished your first fourth grade test! You should feel really good about the hard work you’ve done so far.
Now, go back and check your work. 
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Place Value Unit Assessment