Exercise 1

Understanding and thinking

1. Write down the numbers below in words.
a) 12 345 -- ___________________________________________________
b) 30 456 -- ___________________________________________________
c) 176 059 -- __________________________________________________
d) 574 409 -- __________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
2. Write down the numbers below in numerals.
a) Two Thousand four hundred and five -- ___________________________
b) Forty three thousand six hundred and five -- _______________________
c) Three hundred and eight thousand nine hundred-- __________________
d) One hundred and seventy thousand four hundred and seventy five--____
_______________
3. Round the numbers below to the nearest place value given.
Nearest
Nearest
thousand
hundred
a) 12 845
b) 522 341
c) 2489
d) 160 045

Nearest
ten

4. 1234 + 2238 + 54 = ________________________________________________

5. 196 335 89 423 = ________________________________________________
6. 1534 23 = ______________________________________________________
7. 121 528 22 = ___________________________________________________
8. The value of the digit 5 in 157 613 is __________________________________
9. The number between 72 899 and 72 901 is ____________________________
10. In the order of number below, x is ___________________________________
18

36

72 90

Objektive Questions
1. Which one of the following numbers is the biggest?
A 296 111
C 23 894
B 170 945
D 300 040
2. The number that comes just after 99 999 is
A ten thousand
B one hundred thousand
C one million
D nine hundred and ninety nine thousand nine hundred and ninety nine
3. Which of the following below is the sum of 1268, 2245 and 9458?
A 14 872
C 12 971
B 21 179
D 22 981
4. If 7600 P = 2370, the value of P should be
A 9970
C 7623
B 2370
D 5230
5. Which is the smallest number?
A 10 999
B 42 100

C
D

1079
9000

6. Which of the following is not a number pattern?

A 1, 3, 5, 7, 11
C 120, 131, 142, 153
B 2, 4, 6, 8
D 27, 31, 36, 39
7. 400 thousand and thirty nine is equal to
A 40 039
C
B 400 039
D

43 900
439000

8. In 2189, 8 stands for 8x. The value of x is

A 1
C
B 10
D

100
1000

9. The digit 3 has the biggest value in

A 312 426
B 123 456

C
D

39 400
830 400

10. Which of the following when rounded off to the nearest hundred is 18 700?
A 18 655
C 17 952
B 17 668
D 18 798
Solving Problems
1. There are 125 packets of sweets in a carton. How many sweets are there
altogether if each packet contains 50 sweets?

2. 50 000 pills are to be put into bottles. If each bottle can only contain 25 pills,
how many bottles are needed to contain all the pills?

3. Ahmad has 250 marbles. His brother has twice the number of marbles Ahmad
has. What is the total number of marbles that Ahmad and his brother have?