Arrange the Number
Arrange the following numbers from least to greatest:
756 7,654 750 7,655
750 756 7,654 7,655
Compare using >, <, or =
100,023 ______ one hundred thousand twenty three
100,023 = one hundred thousand twenty three
Round to the nearest thousand
115, 786
116,000
Empire Elementary School needs to purchase enough water bottles for field day. There are 2,142 students. Principal Vade rounded to the nearest hundred to estimate how many water bottles to order. Will there be enough for everyone? Explain.
2,142 is about 2,000
If the principal rounded to the nearest hundred, the 4 would make the 1 stay the same as 2,142 rounded to the nearest hundred is closer to 2,100. The principal would need to round up to have the right amount of water bottles.
Arrange the following numbers from greatest to least:
92,354 92,453 9,254 92,435
9,254 92,354 92,435 92,453
Compare using >, <, or =
5 ten 16 ones _____ 65
5 ten 16 ones > 65
Round to the nearest hundred thousand
87,987
100,000
Opening day at the New York State fair in 2012 had an attendance of 46,753. Decided which place value to round to if you were writing a newspaper article. Why is this an appropriate number to round to?
Rounding to the nearest thousand would be the most appropriate for a newspaper. If you rounded to the nearest thousand you would have estimate 47,000 people in attendance.
Arrange the following numbers from greatest to least:
145,768 532,192 145,275 147, 987
145,275 145,768 147, 987 532,192
Compare using >, <, or =
7 thousands + 4 hundreds + 32 ones _________
31 hundreds + 9 tens + 18 ones
7 thousands + 4 hundreds + 32 ones (7,432) >
31 hundreds + 9 tens + 18 ones ( 3,208)
Round to the nearest hundred
675,987
676,000
A jet airplane holds about 65,000 gallons of gas. It uses about 7,460 gallons when flying between New York City and Los Angeles. Round each number to the largest place value. The, find about how many trips the plane can take between cities.
65,000 is about 70,000
7,460 is about 7,000
The plan can take about 10 trips.
Arrange the following numbers from least to greatest. Use the words ten time to explain how you ordered the two smallest numbers.
2,256 76,956 22,560 76,963
2,256 22,560 76,956 76,963
22,560 is ten times 2,256
Compare using >, <, or =
10 thousands ____ 100,000
10 thousands < 100,000
Round to the nearest ten thousands
53, 987
50,000