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Millions to Billions

A team is preparing a fact board about Australia and space. Use place value to read, write, compare and convert numbers from millions to billions. Write commas to group digits in threes.

Build the number

Use the place-value chart to help with Questions 1–3.

Billions

Hundreds of millions

Tens of millions

Millions

Hundreds of thousands

Tens of thousands

Thousands

Ones

1.One million is equal to how many thousands? Choose the correct answer.

10
100
1,000
10,000

2.A data display shows 6 in the billions column, 2 in the tens of millions column and 5 in the thousands column. All other digits are zero. Write the complete number with commas.

3.In 4,735,200,000, what is the value of the digit 7?

Convert and compare

Remember: 1 billion = 1,000 million = 1,000,000,000.

4.A science project records 3,500 million stars in a small region of the sky. How many billions is this?

5.A warehouse packs 8,000,000 items. How many thousands of items is that?

6.Place these three quantities on the number line from least to greatest: 0.8 billion, 1.2 billion and 2 billion. Write each value above its correct position.

7.Which is greater: 950 million or 1.05 billion? Write the greater amount and explain how you know.

Big numbers in the real world

Use the information in each question to solve the challenge.

8.A fictional public project has a budget of $2.4 billion. Write this amount as a whole number of dollars, using commas.

9.Arjun says, “7 billion is 7,000,000.” Is Arjun correct? If not, write 7 billion correctly and describe the size of her mistake.

10.If you counted one number every second without stopping, about how many days would it take to count to 1,000,000? Use 86,400 seconds in a day and give your answer to the nearest whole day.