Grade 4 - Progress in Mathematics

What Is One Million?

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The numbers from 1to 999 are in the ones period.

The numbers from 1000 to 999,999 are in the

thousands period. Today you will discover the

next counting number.

Materials: paper, pencil

Compute the rest of exercise 1.

Record each number sentence and

the answer.

1. 10
   1  10
   10
   10  100
   10
   100  1000
   10
   1000 ?
   10
   10,000?
   10
   100,000?


2. What patterns do you notice?

The number that is 10
100,000 is

one million,or 1,000,000.

One million is the next counting

number after 999,999.

3. How is 1,000,000 like 1000; 10,000;
   and 100,000? How is it different?

1,000,00010 hundred thousands

1,000,000100 ten thousands

4. How many thousands is one million equal to?
   how many hundreds?

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