READING, WRITING AND COMPARISON OF NATURAL NUMBERS.

THE NATURAL NUMBERS

Our numbering system is decimal because ten units of one order form one unit of the next
higher order.

10 Units = 1 Ten 110 Tens = 1 Hundred 10 Hundreds = 1 Thousand Unit

It is positional because the value of a figure depends on its position in the number.

Billions Billions of million Millions Thousands Units

DMM
BU CMMi UMMi CMi DMi UMi CM DM UM c d OR
i

4 5 7 0 7 8 1 0

1 5 4 3 7 6 5 2 3 4 5 6 7

READING AND WRITING OF NUMBERS

To read or write a number with words, start on the left reading or writing:

 The group of Billions.

 The group of millions.
 The group of thousands.
 The group of units.

If any group has zeros it is not named.

231204.329 = Twenty-three million two hundred four thousand three hundred twenty-nine.
41000.207 = Four million two hundred seven.
47,002,000 Forty-seven million two thousand.

COMPARISON

Comparison of two numbers in an arithmetic (numeric) way

 To compare numbers we use the symbols:

( > ) Greater than (<) Less than ( = ) Same as

If one of the two numbers has more digits than the other, it is clear that it is greater.
 89,007,301 > 9,989,967 because the first one has more figures.
 98,328,322 < 100,001,001 because the second one has more figures.
If both numbers have the same number of digits, they are compared digit by digit starting in
highest order (from left to right) until they are not equal.

In this case 432,891,346 > 432,881,346 because the figure in Tens of Thousands is greater in
the first than in the second.

COMPARISON OF TWO NUMBERS USING THE NUMBER LINE

If we want to compare the numbers 763,225 and 763,427, we draw a graduated line placing
on the left a point smaller than the smallest number and on the right another point larger than
the largest number. By indicating the position they occupy we already have the graphic
answer.

Therefore 763,225 < 763,427

CONNECTION (WITH NATURAL SCIENCES)

As we saw throughout this topic, in order to read, write and compare natural numbers, we
need to follow and respect a series of steps, such as those we follow in the scientific method
in order to reach a correct result. Just as mathematics and science are connected not only in
this but in many other topics, we will see how, according to statistics and the latest research,
ions global warming and climate change affect our planet.

SOURCES

 https://www.gob.mx/sep/documentos/block-i-sexto-grado-atmaticas?state=published
 http://www.bartolomecossio.com/MATEMATICAS/
comparacin_de_nmeros_naturales.html#main
 PDF “The Natural Numbers”
 Santillana Guide 6°.