Free Printable Place Value Charts
Free printable place value charts from first grade to middle school. Start with hundreds, tens and ones, move to thousands, millions and billions, then cross the decimal point to thousandths. There is also an Indian place value chart with lakhs and crores.
Each chart has colour-coded headings and five or six blank rows, so children can write a number one digit per box and see what each digit is worth.
Every sheet is low-ink: thin, light lines on a white page, so a whole pad’s worth prints fast and cheaply on any home printer.
All 6 place value charts in one PDF. 6 pages, one per page.
Hundreds, tens & ones
Three wide columns for grades 1–2.
To ten thousands
Five columns for grades 2–3.
To millions
Ones, thousands and millions periods.
To billions
Ten columns grouped into four periods.
With decimals
Thousands to thousandths with the decimal point marked.
Indian (lakh & crore)
Ones to ten crores, grouped the Indian way.
How to use a place value chart
- Write one digit per box. Start from the right with the ones.
- Read the column heading. A 4 in the hundreds column is worth 400.
- Expand the number. 3,482 = 3,000 + 400 + 80 + 2.
Questions
What is a place value chart?
A table with a column for each place — ones, tens, hundreds and so on — that shows what each digit in a number is worth.
What comes after hundred thousands?
Millions. Each group of three places (ones, thousands, millions, billions) is called a period.
How do decimals fit on a place value chart?
To the right of the ones column come tenths, hundredths and thousandths, after the decimal point.
How is the Indian system different?
After thousands it groups in twos: lakhs (100,000) and crores (10,000,000).