Large numbers
Place value to ten thousands, number names and rounding.
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Read big numbers in groups, using the commas.
Look: 45,67,890 is read: 45 lakh, 67 thousand, 890.
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1Read 7,50,000.
2How many zeros in one lakh?
3Which is bigger: 9,99,999 or 10,00,000?
! Careful!
✗Leaving out zeros: five lakh six as 56.
✓Fill every place: 5,00,006.
✗Grouping in threes all the way in the Indian way.
✓Indian way: 3 digits, then 2s: 23,05,400.
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Read big numbers in groups, using the commas.
In India we say ones, thousands, lakhs and crores. 1 lakh = 1,00,000. 1 crore = 100 lakh. The commas show the groups.
Think of it like thisTV says "45 lakh people watched the match". Lakh is just a name for a big group, like dozen is a name for 12.
- Lakh
- 1,00,000 (a hundred thousand).
- Crore
- 1,00,00,000 (a hundred lakh).
Solved together
Read 23,05,400 aloud.
Find the groups using the commas.
23 | 05 | 400Read each group with its name.
23 lakh, 5 thousand, 400
AnswerTwenty-three lakh, five thousand, four hundred.
For older learners and grown-ups: a little more
The international system groups in threes: 23,05,400 = 2,305,400 = 2.3 million. 10 lakh = 1 million; 1 crore = 10 million.
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