Chapter 1.1 (Mathematics 5th)

Place value

  • Place value of digits up to hundreds of thousands
  • Abacus

Place value of digits up to hundreds of thousands

  1. Draw a place value chart up to hundreds of thousands in your exercise book.
  2. Fill in the number 623 457 in the place value chart.

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  1. What are the place values of digits 6 and 3?
    1. Place value of 6 is
    2. Place value of 3 is
  2. Talk about the place values of the other digits.

Example 1

What are the place values of digits 2, 8 and 4 in the number 283 497?

Steps
  1. Draw a place value chart.
  2. Fill in the digits in their correct place value positions.

Do

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2

8

3

4

9

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The place value of:

2 is hundreds of thousands.
8 is tens of thousands.
4 is hundreds.​​

Work to do 1

  1. 9 642

Digit

Place value

9

6

4

2

  1. 393 423

Digit

Place value

3

9

3

4

2

3

  1. 56 372
  2. 45 289
  3. 985 264
  4. 768 925

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a) 5 314

b) 98 217

c) 562 349

During a Kenyan premier league match between Gor‑mahia and AFC Leopards, 57 653 fans attended. Find the place value of each digit.

5

7

6

5

3

Abacus

  1. Make an abacus.
  2. Represent the number 12 962 using the abacus.

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  1. Talk about the place value of each digit with other groups.

Example 2

The diagram below shows an incomplete abacus.

Complete the abacus and write down the number represented by the abacus.

Steps

Fill the place values of abacus.

Do

∴ The number is 210 348.

Work to do 2

  1. 625 437

Digit

Place value

6

2

5

4

3

7

  1. 293 681

Digit

Place value

2

9

3

6

8

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  1. 483 256
    ∴ 
  2. 124 367
    ∴ 
  3. 954 632
    ∴ 
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