Five-digit numbers · Usually met around P3
Reading and writing five-digit numbers
Use a place-value chart; 0 holds an empty place.
How to do it
Method
Use a place-value chart; 0 holds an empty place
3 ten-thousands, 5 thousands, 2 tens = 35020
Another way
Split and put together
30000 + 5000 + 20 = 35020
In full
From the left, a five-digit number has ten-thousands, thousands, hundreds, tens and ones. Write each digit in a place-value chart, with a 0 to hold any empty place: 3 ten-thousands, 5 thousands and 2 tens make 35020. A digit is worth that many of its place: the 3 in 35020 is in the ten-thousands, so it stands for 30000. Read from the ten-thousands: 35020 is “thirty-five thousand and twenty”. Or split it into 30000 + 5000 + 20 and put it back together. You can count in thousands or ten-thousands: 38500, 39500, 40500. A number ending in 0, 2, 4, 6 or 8 is even.
Worked examples
Have a go first, then open each one for the answer and the working.
Example 1
In 70423, the ten-thousands digit stands for □ and the thousands digit stands for □.
Fill in each box
Show the answer and working
Answer: 70000，0
The ten-thousands digit 7 means 7 ten-thousands, 70000; the thousands digit 0 means 0 thousands, 0.
Example 2
15829 is an even number.
True or false?
Show the answer and working
Answer: False
Just look at the ones digit, 9: 0, 2, 4, 6 or 8 means even.
Example 3
Follow the pattern: 69345, 70345, 71345, □
Show the answer and working
Answer: 72345
Each step is 1000: after 71345 comes 72345.
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