Understanding Place Value
Mark Scheme & Model Answers
✓ ANSWERS
Section A — Foundation Skills (Q1–Q8)
Q1. 5,243,061 [1 mark]
Q2. Three million, seven hundred and six thousand and forty-two [1 mark]
Q3. 800,000 (eight hundred thousand) [1 mark]
Q4. 2 [1 mark]
Q5. 7,000,000 + 400,000 + 5,000 + 60 + 3 [1 mark]
Q6. 8,403,095 [1 mark]
Q7(a). < (less than)
Q7(b). < (less than) [1 mark total]
Q8(a). Hundred-thousands
Q8(b). Placeholder — holds the hundred-thousands position so the digits around it keep their correct values [2 marks total]
Section B — Core Competency (Q9–Q14)
Q9. M: 8 | H-Th: 5 | T-Th: 0 | Th: 4 | H: 0 | T: 3 | U: 7 [2 marks]
Q10. 3,064,210 < 3,406,021 < 3,406,210 < 3,640,021 < 3,640,210 [2 marks]
Q11. 4,623,850 [1 mark]
Q12(a). The student wrote 800 for "eight" instead of 8 — placed the digit in the hundreds column rather than the units column
Q12(b). 4,300,008 [2 marks total]
Q13. 5,070,003 [2 marks]
Q14(a). <
Q14(b). <
Q14(c). >
Q14(d). < [2 marks total]
Section C — Applied & Comparison Questions (Q15–Q18)
Q15. 47,283 < 47,382 < 47,832 < 51,920 < 52,109 [2 marks]
Q16(a). 6,508,042
Q16(b). Six million, five hundred and eight thousand and forty-two [2 marks total]
Q17(a). Eighty million, one hundred and twenty-four thousand
Q17(b). 51,729,000
Q17(c). Twenty-eight million, three hundred and ninety-five thousand [3 marks total]
Q18(a). One million, twenty-four thousand, five hundred and seventy-six
Q18(b). 20,000 (twenty thousand) [2 marks total]
Section D — Functional & Contextual Problems (Q19–Q21)
Q19(a). Two million, one hundred and forty-eight thousand, two hundred and seventy-one
Q19(b). Berlin (3,645,000) > Madrid (3,223,334) > Rome (2,872,800) > Paris (2,148,271)
Q19(c). 772,200 [3 marks total]
Q20(a). £7,402,050
Q20(b). Five million, seven hundred and eighty-three thousand pounds
Q20(c). £1,619,050 [3 marks total]
Q21(a). Five million, nine hundred and seventy-four thousand, four hundred and eleven
Q21(b). Yosemite (4,422,861) < Zion (4,504,812) < Yellowstone (4,860,573) < Grand Canyon (5,974,411)
Q21(c). 900,000 (nine hundred thousand) [3 marks total]
Section E — Extended Challenge (Q22–Q23)
Q22(a). £3,200,000
Q22(b). £940,000
Q22(c). Nine hundred and forty thousand pounds [3 marks total]
Q23(a). 9,753,100
Q23(b). 1,003,579
Q23(c). Nine million, seven hundred and fifty-three thousand, one hundred
Q23(d). 8,749,521 [4 marks total]