Grade 5 · Math · Unit 1 of 13
Numbers to a Million
Read, write and compare big numbers
What your child practises
Place value to 1 000 000: digit values, standard and expanded form, number words, rounding, ordering, and using benchmarks like 500 000 on a number line.
Prince Edward Island Curriculum curriculum outcome: N1 · reading, writing and comparing whole numbers up to 1 000 000
How we explain it
Children can open this short lesson before they practise.
- Each place is worth 10 times the place to its right.
- Read big numbers in groups of three digits: thousands, then ones.
- To compare, start at the left-most place and look for the first difference.
Example: Write four hundred twelve thousand, three hundred five in digits. Thousands group: 412. Ones group: 305. Put them together: 412 305. Answer: 412 305
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Write this number using digits: eight hundred eighty-five thousand seven hundred eleven.
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885711
Hint: Split the number at the word “thousand”. Write the thousands part, then the last three digits. Use a 0 to hold any empty place.
Question 2
What number is 10 000 more than 294 357?
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304357
Hint: Only the ten thousands digit should change by 1. If that digit is 9, regroup with the place to its left.
Question 3
What number is 200 000 + 10 000 + 9000 + 300 + 70?
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219370
Hint: Each part fills one place value. Write the digits from the greatest place to the ones, and put a 0 in any place that is missing.
Question 4
In 497 356, what is the value of the digit 9?
- 90 000
- 900 000
- 900
- 9000
90 000
Hint: Name the place of the 9, counting from the right: ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands, hundred thousands. The digit is worth 9 of that place.
Question 5
Which number is closest to 750 000?
- 745 300
- 74 530
- 710 600
- 780 200
745 300
Hint: Find how far each number is from the benchmark. Check the number of digits too: a number with fewer digits is much smaller.
Question 6
Round 205 159 to the nearest ten thousand.
- 210 000
- 200 000
- 205 000
- 190 000
210 000
Hint: Look at the digit just to the right of the ten thousands place. If it is 5 or more, round up; if it is less than 5, round down. Then every place to the right becomes 0.