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Grade 4 nonfiction reading passage about Place Value. Parallel World theme. 6 comprehension questions covering main idea, inference, vocabulary, text evidence and more. Answer key included (CCSS.MATH.4.NBT.A.1).
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What is included
Before reading, display a three-column place-value chart on the board and have students predict what happens to a digit's value when it moves left one column — revisit their predictions after reading to anchor the CCSS.MATH.4.NBT.A.1 concept of 'ten times' relationships.
What is this passage mostly about?
What happened when Maya moved the stone marked 3 to the hundreds column? Use evidence from the passage.
What does the word **position** mean as it is used in this passage?
+ 4 more questions in the full worksheet
Maya stepped through a glowing portal into a parallel world built entirely from numbers. In this world, every object had a value based on its position. Maya picked up a stone marked 3. She placed it in the tens column. Its value jumped to 30. She moved it to the hundreds column. The same stone now m...
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About this Grade 4 Reading Comprehension Passage
This printable reading comprehension passage is designed for Grade 4 students. The Parallel World theme makes reading engaging while students build essential comprehension skills. Six questions cover a range of reading strategies including main idea, text evidence, vocabulary in context, inference, cause and effect, and author's purpose (CCSS.MATH.4.NBT.A.1).