CHAPTER – 1 UNDERSTANDING LARGE NUMBERS
Place Value System
The value of a digit depends on its place in the number.
Indian System
Example
45,67,321
=4 ten lakhs + 5 lakhs + 6 ten thousands + 7 thousands + 3 hundreds + 2 tens + 1 once
Forty-Five Lakh Sixty-Seven Thousand Three Hundred Twenty-One
Example
Write each of the numbers given below in words:
(a)3,00,600
Ans) (a) 3,00,600 — Three lakh six hundred
(b) 5,04,085
Ans) (b) 5,04,085 — Five lakh four thousand eighty-five
(c) 27,30,000
Ans) (c) 27,30,000 — Twenty-seven lakh thirty thousand
(d) 70,53,138
Ans) (d) 70,53,138 — Seventy lakh fifty-three thousand one hundred thirty-eight
Write the corresponding number in the Indian place value system for
each of the following:
(a) One lakh twenty-three thousand four hundred and fifty-six
Ans) (a) One lakh twenty-three thousand four hundred and fifty-six
👉 1,23,456
Ans) (b) Four lakh seven thousand seven hundred and four
Ans) (b) Four lakh seven thousand seven hundred and four
👉 4,07,704
(c) Fifty lakhs five thousand and fifty
Ans) (c) Fifty lakhs five thousand and fifty
👉 50,05,050
(d) Ten lakhs two hundred and thirty-five
Ans) (d) Ten lakhs two hundred and thirty-five
👉 10,00,235
Land of Tens
In the Land of Tens, there are special calculators with special buttons.
1. The Thoughtful Thousands only has a +1000 button. How many
times should it be pressed to show:
(a) Three thousand? 3 times
(b) 10,000? ____________
(c) Fifty-three thousand? ___________
(d) 90,000? ______________
(e) One Lakh? ________________
(f) ___________? 153 times
(g) How many thousands are required to make one lakh?