6th Grade Math Textbook, Progress

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Numeration I

Whole Numbers: Place Value, Compare, and Order

Name the period of the underlined digits.

1. 943,862 2. 802,400,253 3. 603,411,218 4. 9,527,000

Write the place of the underlined digit. Then write its value.

5. 73 6. 6,423,728 7. 36,250 8. 24,983,402

Write in order from greatest to least.

9. 9996; 999; 10,000; 9997 10. 32,423; 38,972; 36,401; 31,276

There are no hundred

thousands in the other

numbers. 130,434 is

greatest.

39,630

19,578

1 30,434

36,415

3 
 3 and 1  3

19,578 is least.

6  9

36,415 39,630

39 ,630

1 9,578

130,434

36 ,415

The value of each digit in a number depends on its place in the

number. Each place is 10 times the value of the next place to its right.

The 4 in 74 is in the ones

place. Its value is 4 ones, or 4.

The 4 in 741 is in the tens

place. Its value is 4 tens, or 40.

The 4 in 7415 is in the

hundredsplace. Its value

is 4 hundreds, or 400.

To compare and order whole numbers:


Align the digits by place value.


Compare the digits in each place, starting with the greatest place.

In order from greatest to least, the numbers are:

130,434; 39,630; 36,415; 19,578.

Millions

Period

Thousands

Period

Ones

Period

hundredstensoneshundredstensoneshundredstensones

74

741

7415

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Each period contains 3 digits.
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