Knowing How to Read and Write Numbers

 

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Read this number:

 

356,682,417

1. Did you say the word billion when you read the number out loud? _______

2. There will not be any numbers written in the billions places.

3. Did you say the word million when you read the number out loud? _______

4. How many millions did you say? _______

5. Write those millions above in the places reserved only for the millions numbers.

6. Did you say the word thousand when you read the number out loud? _______

7. How many thousands did you say? _______

8. Write those thousands above in the places reserved only for the thousands numbers.

9. Did you say any other numbers? _________

10. What were they? __________________________

11. Write those where they belong on the lines above.

12.  Now write the entire number below

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You just wrote the number in standard form.

                                                                                                                             © Ellen Gabor, 2003