Know the value of each digit based on its position in a number.
Where your child meets this in real life: Understanding money amounts, distances, or measurements where digit position matters
Each SEAG paper has 28 maths questions. Questions 29 to 50 are multiple choice with five possible answers, and questions 51 to 56 need a short written answer. With 56 questions in 60 minutes across English and maths, that is about a minute per question.
SEAGReady breaks identify place value of a digit into 3 steps, taught in order so each skill builds on the last.
Identify the value of any digit in numbers up to 999
Identify the value of any digit in numbers up to 999,999
Identify digit values in numbers containing zeros
Try three free questions from our identify place value of a digit course. They start easy and get harder, so you can see where your child's confidence runs out. If they manage the last one without a hint, this topic is probably secure. If not, the steps above show where to start.
Aoife scored 385 points in a spelling test. What is the value of the digit 8 in her score?
The population of a town is 83,652. What is the value of the digit 8 in this number?
Charlotte wrote a 5-digit number. The digit 7 has a value of 70,000 and the digit 3 has a value of 300. If all other digits are zeros, what is Charlotte's number?
This is the exact interactive worked example your child sees in SEAGReady. Step through it and watch the method build up.
A counter shows 457 points.
What is the value of the digit 5?
457
The rightmost digit, 7, is in the ones place
Step 1 of 3
A counter shows 457 points.
What is the value of the digit 5?
The digit 5 has a value of 50.
The key insight: A digit and its value are different: 5 in the tens place means 50.
Common mix-up: Answering 5. That names the digit, not the value created by its place.
These are the misconceptions we see most often in identify place value of a digit, including the ones our practice questions are specifically designed to catch.
Struggling with identify place value of a digit? The real gap is often in one of these earlier topics.
Sitting the SEAG test this November? Read our last-month revision plan, Paper 1 vs Paper 2 and test day guide.
SEAGReady finds the exact step where your child gets stuck, teaches it with worked examples like the one above, and brings it back for review so it sticks.
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