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Worksheet

Counting the Big Gumnut Pile

Reading, writing and ordering big numbers

Biscuit the golden dog reading.

"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: