Reading, writing and ordering big numbers
"Big numbers are just lots of bundles," says Biscuit. "Read them from the biggest bundle first — the same way you'd start a story from the beginning."
1. Write each number in words.
a) 2 408
b) 10 060
2. Write each as a numeral.
a) six thousand, three hundred and twenty
b) nineteen thousand and five
3. What is the value of the underlined digit?
a) 4750 b) 31 200
4. Partition 8 367 into thousands, hundreds, tens and ones.
5. Biscuit's gumnut piles hold these numbers. Put them in order from smallest to largest: 5 200, 925, 5 020, 12 100.
6. Challenge: Use the digits 7, 0, 3, 5 once each. Write the largest number you can, and the smallest.
Largest: Smallest: