Quiz on Population and Value of Digits

A number is given in the box: 34,941. How is the value of the two fours different?

• The value of the four in the thousands place is 100 times greater than the four in the tens place.

• The value of the four in the thousands place is 1,000 times greater than the four in the tens place.

• The value of the four in the thousands place is 100 times smaller than the four in the tens place.

• The value of the four in the thousands place is 1,000 times smaller than the four in the tens place.

In which number is the value of the digit 8 ten times the value of the digit 8 in 54,819?

• 21,985

• 54,238

• 68,321

• 82,516

What number is thirty eight thousand fifty nine?

• 3,859

• 38,059

• 308,590

• 380,509

Regina is gathering information about Raleigh, North Carolina, during social studies. She finds the population to be 431,746 people. What is 431,746 written in expanded form?

• 40,000 + 3,000 + 1,000 + 700 + 40 + 6

• 40,000 + 30,000 + 1,000 + 700 + 40 + 6

• 400,000 + 30,000 + 1,000 + 700 + 40 + 6

• 400,000 + 30,000 + 10,000 + 700 + 40 + 6

Which digit can be placed into both blanks to make a true comparison? 94,5__2 < 94,__28

• 2

• 3

• 5

• 6

What is the expanded form of 200,809?

• (2 × 1) + (8 × 1) + (9 × 1)

• (2 × 100) + (8 × 10) + (9 × 1)

• (2 × 100,000) + (8 × 100) + (9 × 1)

• (2 × 100,000) + (8 × 1,000) + (9 × 1)

Consider the inequality. 563,215 > _________ Which number can be used to make the inequality true?

• 564,214

• 563,312

• 563,220

• 562,429

A scientist estimates that the number of ants in a colony is about 550,000 when rounded to the nearest thousand. Which could be the exact number of ants in the colony?

• 549,412

• 549,760

• 550,514

• 550,894

What is 16,352 rounded to the nearest ten thousand, and why?

• 10,000; the digit 1 in the ten thousands place means 16,352 is closer to 10,000 than 20,000.

• 10,000; the digit 6 in the thousands place means 16,352 is closer to 10,000 than 20,000.

• 20,000; the digit 1 in the ten thousands place means 16,352 is closer to 20,000 than 10,000.

• 20,000; the digit 6 in the thousands place means 16,352 is closer to 20,000 than 10,000.

What is 38,929 + 57,193?

• 97,211

• 96,122

• 86,012

• 18,264