Exploring 4-Digit Place Value Blocks

In this video, Mr. J explains how to use place value blocks to represent four-digit numbers. The tutorial covers three examples, demonstrating how to visually understand numbers by breaking them down into thousands, hundreds, tens, and ones. Each example illustrates how to convert the visual representation of blocks into standard numerical form, emphasizing the importance of place value in understanding numbers.

What do place value blocks help us understand?

• Mathematical operations

• Geometric shapes

• Algebraic expressions

• Numbers and place value visually

What does each individual block represent?

• One hundred

• Ten

• One whole

• One thousand

How many ones are represented in the first example?

• Three

• Two

• Seven

• Ten

What is the value of the tens place in the first example?

• 1000

• 10

• 100

• 1

How is the number 2317 represented using place value blocks?

• 2317 ones

• 231 tens, 7 ones

• 23 hundreds, 17 ones

• 2 thousands, 3 hundreds, 1 ten, 7 ones

What does the absence of individual blocks in a place value indicate?

• The value is zero

• The value of one hundred

• The value of ten

• The value cannot be determined

How many groups of ten are there in the second example?

• One

• Two

• Four

• Three

What is the standard form of the number represented in the second example?

• 4030

• 430

• 3040

• 340

How many hundreds are there in the third example?

• Six

• Three

• Zero

• One

What is the value of the thousands place in the third example?

• Zero

• Six hundred

• Three thousand

• One thousand