Whole Numbers: Reading and Writing Numbers through 10 000

in Symbols and in words

Mathematics 3
 Lesson 3: Reading and Writing Numbers
through 10 000 in Symbols and in words.
• Let’s Explore!
• Scientist continue to do space research. Do
you think in the future, they will discover a
planet with diameter of 9999?
• How do you read the number representing the
planet’s diameter?
 Thousands Period Units Period
Hundred Ten Thousand Hundreds Tens Ones
Thousands Thousand s (100) (10) (1)
(100 000) s (1000)
(10 000)
    9 9 9 9
• Let us have another example.
• We can read 6892 as “six thousand, eight
hundred ninety-two”.
• Study the table below.
Standard Form Expanded Word form
Form
712 700 + 10 + 2 Seven hundred
twelve
3049 3000 + 40 + 9 Three thousand,
forty-nine

Note: 0 in 3049 is a placeholder.

• Example:
• We can read 6891 as “six thousand, eight
hundred ninety-one”.
• 6 thousands is six thousand (6000).
• 8 hundreds is eight hundred (800).
• 9 tens is ninety (90).
• 1 ones is one (1).
 • How do we read and write whole
numbers?
 The place value chart will help in reading and writing numbers
and in understanding the system of writing numbers.
 A group of three digits in a number is called period.
 In reading numbers up to 10 000 start reading from thousands
period followed by the period’s name, then the units period.
 Numbers can be expressed in standard form, in expanded form,
and in word.
Exercise
• 1. 87 • 6. 278
• 2. 96 • 7. 1256
• 3. 435 • 8. 9875
• 4. 789 • 9. 5460
• 5. 573 • 10. 7894
• 1. 87 Eighty-seven
• 2. 96 Ninety-six
• 3. 435 Four hundred thirty-five
• 4. 789 Seven hundred eight-nine
• 5. 573 Five hundred seventy-three
• 6. 278 Two hundred seventy-eight
• 7. 1256 One thousand two hundred fifty-six
• 8. 9875 Nine thousand two hundred fifty-six
• 9. 5460 Five thousand, four hundred sixty
• 10. 7894 Seven thousand, eight hundred ninety-four