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Read Million and Billion in the American or International System

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Large Numbers Around Us · Indian and American/International systems · 3:01

You'll learn: International commas group digits in threes: thousands, millions and billions.

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Read Million and Billion in the American or International System

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Read Million and Billion in the American or International System

You'll learn: International commas group digits in threes: thousands, millions and billions.

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Indian and American/International systems

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Read Indian Number Names from Lakh to Arab
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Read Indian Number Names from Lakh to Arab
You'll learn: Indian commas group digits as thousands, then lakhs, crores and arabs every two places.
Match Indian and International Names for the Same Number
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Match Indian and International Names for the Same Number
You'll learn: Read the same number in both systems and match the names, e.g. 10 lakh = 1 million.

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Place value through button presses

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Make the Same Number with Different Button Presses
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Make the Same Number with Different Button Presses
You'll learn: The same number can be made with different combinations of +1, +10, +100 … presses by regrouping tens.
Why Do the Fewest Clicks Equal the Digit Sum on Place-Value Buttons?
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Why Do the Fewest Clicks Equal the Digit Sum on Place-Value Buttons?
You'll learn: With place-value buttons, the fewest presses use each digit as a count of its button, so the minimum equals the digit sum.

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Exact and approximate values

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When Do We Need an Exact Number?
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When Do We Need an Exact Number?
You'll learn: Some situations need an exact number and others only a sensible approximation; the purpose decides.
Use Nearest Place-Value Neighbours to Round a Number
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Use Nearest Place-Value Neighbours to Round a Number
You'll learn: Round by finding the nearest place-value neighbours and choosing the closer one.

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Estimating and comparing quantities

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Estimate a Population Change with Sums and Differences
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Estimate a Population Change with Sums and Differences
You'll learn: Estimate sums and differences of large numbers to judge a change such as population growth.
Compare Large Quantities Using How Many Times
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Compare Large Quantities Using How Many Times
You'll learn: Compare large quantities by asking 'how many times as much?', not only 'how much more?'.

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Multiplication shortcuts

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Multiply by 5, 25 or 125 Using 10, 100 or 1000
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Multiply by 5, 25 or 125 Using 10, 100 or 1000
You'll learn: 5 = 10 ÷ 2, 25 = 100 ÷ 4 and 125 = 1000 ÷ 8, so multiply by a power of ten and divide: one shortcut, three cases.
Regroup Factors to Make a Large Product Easier
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Regroup Factors to Make a Large Product Easier
You'll learn: Reorder and regroup factors so that pairs like 4 × 25 or 8 × 125 make a long product easy.

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Predicting product length

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What Patterns Appear in Repeated-Digit Products?
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What Patterns Appear in Repeated-Digit Products?
You'll learn: Products of repeated-digit numbers such as 11 × 11 or 111 × 111 form patterns worth predicting.
Predict a Product's Digit Count Using Smallest and Largest Cases
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Predict a Product's Digit Count Using Smallest and Largest Cases
You'll learn: Bound a product between the smallest and largest numbers with the given digit counts to predict its number of digits.

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Calculations revealing large-number facts

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What Does a Large Calculation Tell Us About a Real Quantity?
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What Does a Large Calculation Tell Us About a Real Quantity?
You'll learn: Turn the result of a large calculation back into a real quantity with sensible units and judge its size.

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Estimation thought-experiments

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Could a Lakh Buses Hold a City's Population?
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Could a Lakh Buses Hold a City's Population?
You'll learn: Use stated assumptions about bus capacity to estimate whether a lakh buses could carry a city's population.
Could You Reach the Moon in Ten Years?
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Could You Reach the Moon in Ten Years?
You'll learn: Estimate in stages, distance then speed then time, to test whether the Moon is reachable in ten years.