5th Grade, Module 1: What are Large Numbers?

Large Numbers

How far is moon from earth? What is the speed of light? How many cells are there in the human body?

The answers to these questions are numbers that go way beyond 10’s or 100’s.

This chapter gives us an idea about numbers beyond 1000.  In this chapter, we learn about

  • Read and write numbers according to Indian & International number systems
  • The role of place values and face values in number system
  • Expressing numbers in expanded notation.
  • Comparison of numbers and their arrangement in order of size.

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