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1.05 Read and write larger numbers

Lesson

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Can you read, write and model  four-digit numbers  ?

Examples

Example 1

How do we write the number 6107 in words?

A
Six thousand and seventy one
B
Six thousand, one hundred and seven
Worked Solution
Create a strategy

Use a place value table and read the number out loud.

Apply the idea
ThousandsHundredsTensOnes
6107

In words, it is "six thousand, one hundred and seven", option B.

Idea summary

When you are writing a number using digits, use 0 as a place holder if a place value column is empty.

Read and write larger numbers

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Examples

Example 2

How do we write the number 29\,107 in words?

A
Twenty nine thousand, one hundred and seven
B
Twenty nine thousand, and seventy one
Worked Solution
Create a strategy

Use a place value table and read the information out loud.

Apply the idea
Tens of ThousandsThousandsHundredsTensOnes
29107

In words, it is "twenty nine thousand, one hundred and seven", option A.

Example 3

Write twenty seven thousand, four hundred and fifty six in numerals.

Worked Solution
Create a strategy

Use a place value table.

Apply the idea
Tens of ThousandsThousandsHundredsTensOnes
27456

In numerals, it is 27\,456.

Idea summary

In a place value table, five-digit numbers start in the tens of thousands column and have a digit in each column down to the ones.

Outcomes

VCMNA130

Recognise, model, represent and order numbers to at least 10 000

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