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100

There are 86,400 seconds in one day. If Mr. Liegel is at work for 28,800 seconds a day, how many seconds a day is he away from work?

57,600

100

6, 3 1 1

+ 2 6 8

6,579

100

   2 , 4 6 0

– 1 , 3 7 0

1,090

100

9 hundred thousand    O  5 hundred thousand + 4 hundred thousand

9 hundred thousand    =  5 hundred thousand + 4 hundred thousand

100

Unit Form

20,000 + 400 + 80 + 2

2 ten thousands, 4 hundreds, 8 tens, 2 ones

200

A baseball stadium sold some burgers. 2,806 were cheeseburgers. 1,679 burgers didn’t have cheese. How many burgers did they sell in all?

4,485

200

    6, 3 1 1

+ 1, 2 6 8

7,579

200

   2 , 4 6 0

– 1 , 4 7 2

988

200

2 hundred thousands - 1 thousand   O  300,000

2 hundred thousands - 1 thousand   <  300,000

200

Unit Form 

62,789


6 ten thousands 2 thousands 7 hundreds 8 tens 9 ones

300

The office supply closet had 25,473 large paper clips, 13,648 medium paper clips, and 15,306 small paper clips. How many paper clips were in the closet?

54,427

300

1 2, 3 7 8

+ 5, 4 6 3

17,841

300

   9 7 , 6 8 4

– 4 9 , 7 0 0

47,984

300

608 thousands - 1 hundred thousand    O  607 thousands

608 thousands - 1 hundred thousand    <  607 thousands

300

Standard Form

400 thousands + 600 thousands


1,000,000

400

At the zoo, Brooke learned that one of the rhinos weighs 4,897 pounds, one of the giraffes weighs 2,667 pounds, one of the African elephants weighs 12,456 pounds, and one of the Komodo dragons weighs 123 pounds. What is the combined weight of the zoo’s African elephant and the giraffe?

elephant:12,456

giraffe: 2,667

Answer: 15,123

400

   3 4, 6 9 8

+ 7 1, 8 4 0

106, 538

400

1 2 4 , 3 0 6

– 3 1 , 1 1 7

93,189

400

371 thousands + 9 ten thousands   O  380,000

371 thousands + 9 ten thousands   >  380,000

400

Standard Form

4 ten thousands 6 hundreds

40,600

500

Tallahassee, FL, has a population of 483,493.  New York, NY, has 345,876 more people than Tallahassee.  Phoenix, AZ has 279,426 fewer people than New York. What is the total population of all three cities? 

????

500

38,193 + 6,376 + 241,457

286,026

500

   1 2 4 , 0 0 6

– 1 2 1 , 1 1 7

2,889

500

Compare the values of the 5 in 552,299.  Use a picture, numbers, or words to explain.

500,000

50,000

500

Standard Form

5 thousands + 7 thousands

12,000