By the end of the sub-strand, the learner should be able to:
- Use the place value and total value of digits up to hundreds of thousands in daily life situations.
- Appreciate the use of place value and total value of digits up to hundreds of thousands in daily life situations.
Activities
- Read the number 99 999 to your partner.
Tth | Th | H | T | O |
9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
- Which number follows immediately after 99 999? Write the number in the place value chart below.
Hth | Tth | Th | H | T | O |
- What is the place value of 1 in the number that you have written?
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Activity 2
- Read the following number cards.
3 462 58 037 765 193 203 834
- Write the numbers on each number card in a place value chart. Remember, that some places should stay empty.
Hth | Tth | Th | H | T | O |
(a) 3 462 | |||||
(b) 58 037 | |||||
(c) 765 193 | |||||
(d) 203 834 | |||||
- Use place value tins and straws or sticks to represent and identify the place value of each digit in the number 619 432.
- Use place value tins to represent other numbers of your choice. Write down the numbers and their place values.
Example 1
Omondi noted that his favourite marathon runner was wearing the number tag 524 608. He then tried to write the number in a place value chart.
- Show how he wrote the number in the place value chart.
- What is the place value of digit 5 in the number 524 608?
Working
- We write the numbers in a place value chart starting from the ones place value.
Hth | Tth | Th | H | T | O |
5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
- The place value of digit 5 is hundreds of thousands.
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