Worksheet Solutions: Thousands Around Us

Q1: Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which digit is in the thousands place in the number 5,672?
a) 5
b) 6
c) 7
d) 2

Answer: a) 5

Explanation: The number is 5,672. The first digit from the left is in the thousands place. So, 5 is in the thousands place.

2. What is the correct expanded form of 3,045?
a) 300 + 40 + 5
b) 3,000 + 400 + 5
c) 3,000 + 40 + 5
d) 30,000 + 400 + 5

Answer: c) 3,000 + 40 + 5

Explanation: In 3,045 → 3 is in the thousands, 0 is in the hundreds, 4 is in the tens, and 5 is in the ones.

3. Which of the following numbers is the largest?
a) 2,099
b) 2,909
c) 2,990
d) 2,999

Answer: d) 2,999

Explanation: 2,999 is the biggest because it is just one less than 3,000.

4. How many hundreds are there in 1,500?
a) 5
b) 15
c) 150
d) 1,500

Answer: b) 15

Explanation: 1,500 ÷ 100 = 15. That means there are 15 hundreds in 1,500.

Q2: Answer the Following Questions

5. Write the place value of the digit 3 in 7,832.
Answer: Tens place (30). In 7,832, the 3 is in the tens place, so its value is 3 × 10 = 30.

6. Form the smallest 4-digit number using the digits 4, 0, 9, 2 without repetition.
Answer: 2,049. The smallest digit (other than 0) should be in the thousands place. So, we use 2 first.

7. Regroup 2,563 as thousands + hundreds + tens + ones.
Answer: 2,000 + 500 + 60 + 3.

8. Use >, <, or = to compare: 4,321 ___ 4,231.
Answer: 4,321 > 4,231. Compare the hundreds place - 3 is more than 2.

9. Complete the pattern: 1,250, 1,500, 1,750, ___.
Answer: 2,000 (increasing by 250).

10. Convert 6,208 into expanded form.
Answer: 6,000 + 200 + 8.

Q3: Word Problems

11. A library has 2,345 books. If 1,230 books are fiction, how many are non-fiction?

Answer: 2,345 - 1,230 = 1,115 non-fiction books.

12. In the number 8,765, the digit 6 represents a value greater than its actual place. How?
Answer: It represents 60 (tens place), not 6 (ones).

13. A school has 1,800 students. If 30 students fit in a bus, how many buses are needed?
Answer: 1,800 ÷ 30 = 60 buses.

14. Represent 2,000 and 2,500 on a number line. What is the difference between them?
Answer: 500 (2,500 - 2,000).

15. Write 5,67,890 in words using the Indian number system.
Answer: Five lakh sixty-seven thousand eight hundred ninety.

16. How many hundreds blocks are needed to represent 3,700?
Answer: 37 (3,700 ÷ 100).

17. A sequence starts at 3,000 and decreases by 150 each time. Write the next two terms.
Answer: 2,850, 2,700. 

3,000 - 150 = 2,850 → 2,850 - 150 = 2,700

18. Explain why 4,050 is greater than 4,005 using place value.
Answer: Tens digit (5 > 0).

19. A stadium has 9,999 seats. If 5,678 seats are occupied, how many are empty?

Answer: 9,999 - 5,678 = 4,321 seats

20. Add 2,000 + 300 + 50 + 4. Write the standard form.
Answer: 2,354.