Grade 6 - Knowing Our Numbers

How much do I know?

1. Find the place value of 4 in 1450916.
2. The smallest number of 6 digits using 2,0,7 is
a) 000027 b) 222207 c) 200007 d) 002007
3. The greatest number of 5 digits using any three different digits with 3 in the hundreds place is
a) 99398 b) 99388 c) 99397 d) 88399
Fruits of the lesson
• Create 9-digit numbers using Indian and International Place Value Systems.
• Compare and order large numbers.
• Estimate the sum, difference, product and quotient of numbers.
• Solve problems involving the four operations of large numbers.
• Apply the concepts in relevant situations.
Indian Place Value System
Periods Crores Lakhs Thousands Ones
Places Ten Crores Ten Lakhs Ten Thousands Hundreds Tens ones
Crores Lakhs Thousands
2 3 6 4 0 8 2 5 7
Twenty three crore sixty four lakh eight thousand two hundred fifty seven.
1. Insert commas and write 99900046 in the standard form, word form and expanded form.
International System of Numeration
Periods Millions Thousands Ones
Places Hundred Ten Millions Hundred Ten Thousands Hundreds Tens ones
Millions Millions Thousands Thousands
2 3 6 4 0 8 2 5 7
Two hundred thirty six million four hundred eight thousand two hundred fifty seven.
2. Insert commas suitably and write the number name for 99985102 according to International System of
Numeration.
3. Fill in the blanks:
(a) 1 lakh = _______ ten thousand.
(b) 1 million = _______ hundred thousand.
(c) 1 crore = _______ ten lakh.
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4. Write the numeral for 6 2 million.
Quick Check
5. Write the number name for 78921092 according to International System of Numeration.
6. Write the numeral and the number name for
7,00,00,000 + 40,00,000 + 7,00,000 + 40,000 + 3,000 + 400 + 0 + 8

7. (a) 1 million = _______ lakh.

(b) 1 crore = _______ million.
Comparing and Ordering Large Numbers
8. a) 53,88,675 53,99,054 b) 3,54,867 3,48,605
9. Arrange in descending order: 652103 , 8230107 , 73560 , 680312 , 7230107
Quick Check
10. As per the census of 2001, the populations of four states are given below.
Arrange the states in ascending order of their population.
(a) Maharashtra : 9,68,78,627 (b) Andhra Pradesh : 7,62,10,007
(c) Bihar : 8,29,98,509 (d) Uttar Pradesh : 16,61,97,921
Homework
1. Place commas correctly and write the numerals:
(a) Seven crore fifty two lakh twenty one thousand three hundred two.
(b) Fifty eight million four hundred twenty three thousand two hundred two.
(c) Twenty three lakh thirty thousand ten.
2. Insert commas and write the name for 8546283 according to the Indian System of Numeration.
3. Insert commas and write the name for 48049831 according to the International System of Numeration.
Estimation
1. Estimate each of the following:
(a) 730 + 998 (b) 8965 – 4259 (c) 578 × 161 (d) 9259 ÷ 29
Quick Check
2. 4998 ÷ 100 is nearly equal to
(a) 10 (b) 50 (c) 400 (d) 500
Error Analysis Technique
3. Reema and Suman were trying to answer the following question:

Reema chose option A and Suman chose option D.

Who is correct? Justify your answer.
Application of Large Numbers
1. To stitch a shirt, 2 m 15 cm cloth is needed. Out of 40 m cloth, how many shirts can be stitched and how
much cloth will remain?
2. A vessel has 4 litres and 500 ml of curd. In how many glasses, each of 25 ml capacity, can it be filled?
Quick Check
3. Shekhar is a famous cricket player. He has so far scored 6980 runs in test matches. He wishes to complete
10,000 runs. How many more runs does he need?
Homework
1. Kirti bookstore sold books worth 2,85,891 in the first week of June and books worth 4,00,768 in the
second week of the month. How much was the sale for the two weeks together? In which week was the
sale greater and by how much?
2. In an election, the successful candidate registered 5,77,500 votes and his nearest rival secured
3,48,700 votes. By what margin did the successful candidate win the election?
My Challenge – Achievers
1. Write the smallest 5-digit number using three digits with 7 in the thousands place.
My Challenge – Explorers
2. Which is the smallest number when rounded off to the nearest hundred gives 6000?
My Challenge – Scholars
3. The sum of my digits is 12. When rounded off to the nearest hundred, I am 500. Rounding off to the nearest
10 makes me 530. What am I?

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