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Reading and Writing numbers up to One million in words And figures

ClassNotes Team 4 MIN READUPDATED 14 JUN 2026

MATHEMATICS PRIMARY FIVE IST TERM

WEEK 1

TOPIC: Reading and Writing numbers up to One million in words And figures

OBJECTIVES: Pupils should be able to:

(i). Read and write numbers up to

(ii). Read and write numbers up to one million in figures

(iii). Count in thousands and Millions

CONTENT

Reading and Writing numbers up to One million in words And figures

This is how we read each number.

  1. Four hundred and ninety thousand
  1. One million, three hundred and ninety-three thousand, three hundred and fifty-one
  1. Twenty-three million, one hundred and forty-five thousand, six hundred and seventy-eight

One hundred and forty-five million, six hundred and seventy-eight thousand, nine hundred and one.

This is how we write each number.

  1. 490 000 2. 1 393 351 3. 23 145 678 4. 145 678 901

 

Reading and Writing numbers up to One million in words And figures

B. Write the number 10 000 more than each of these.

1. 70 000 2. 57 379 3. 70 000 4. 151 000

C. Write the number 10,000 less than each of these.

  1. 80 000 2. 17 000 3. 600 000 4. 78 764

Exercise 3

A. Increase 1 542 356 by each of these numbers.

  1. ten 2. one hundred 3. one thousand
  1. ten thousand 5. one hundred thousand 6. one million B. Decrease 6 528 167 by each of these numbers.
  1. one thousand 2. one hundred 3. ten thousand
  1. one million 5. ten 6. one hundred thousand

C. Write the multiples of 1000 between the numbers in each pair.

  1. 1 000 000 and 1 010 000 2. 14 100 and 19 100

Exercise 4

A. Read the words. Then write each in numerals:

  1. Thirteen million, three hundred thousand and five hundred
  2. Nine hundred and seven thousand
  3. Thirty-six thousand, eight hundred and ninety-four
  4. One million, four hundred and thirty thousand, six hundred and four
  1. Twenty-three million, two hundred and eighty-six thousand and ninety-two
  2. Thirty-two million, four hundred and eight thousand
  3. Six hundred and ninety-nine million, four thousand, nine hundred and forty-two

B. For each number on the left, choose and write its correct word on the right.

  1. 19 020 Four hundred and sixty-three thousand and nine
  1. 213 743 Seven million, three hundred and eighteen thousand, six hundred and twelve
  2. 463 009 Two hundred and thirteen thousand, seven hundred and forty-three
  3. 1 500 008 Nineteen thousand and twenty
  4. 7 318 612 One million, fourteen thousand, six hundred and eleven
  5. 21 130 002 Four million, twenty thousand, six hundred and ninety-one
  6. 17 688 Twenty-one million, one hundred and thirty thousand and two

A. Read aloud each of the following and then write in words:

  1. 1 003 001 2. 2 110 654 3. 14 651 654 4. 114 008
  1. 7 100 940 6. 2 328 690 7. 890 372 8. 3 286 092 B. Write the number before each of these.
  1. 5 618 775 2. 3 260 004 3. 886 510 4. 1 000 000 5. 300 001 6. 978 000 C. Write the number after each of these.
  1. 1 000 001 2. 2 078 098 3. 217 500 4. 999 999 5. 21 600 089

B. Read aloud the number which is 100 more than each of these.

  1. 51 348 729 2. 435 897 213 3. 47 542 059 4. 743 831 292
  1. 578 430 786 6. 482 634 759

C. Read aloud the number which is 100 less than each of these.

  1. 126 214 315 2. 126 135 267 3. 436 258 314 4. 723 324 651    482 634 759 6. 864 348 035

Exercise 2

A. Read each number and say aloud what the number will be when it is increased by 1000.

  1. 1 372 281 159 2. 4 329 437 168 3. 5 254 186 418 4. 2 516 123 247
  1. 8 145 427 406 6. 6 126 245 138 7. 3 347 534 104 8. 8 239 152 356
  1. 7 427 169 213 10. 2 136 438 465

B. Read each number and say aloud what the number will be when it is decreased by 1000.

  1. 9 215 424 137 2. 1 323 365 442 3. 1 442 851 501 4. 1 146 487 354
  1. 1 134 469 321 6. 2 676 127 393 7. 3 972 187 238 8. 2 759 800 634
  1. 6 336 909 844 10. 5 554 417 927

Exercise 3

A. Start with 999 999 999 each time. Add each of these numbers.

  1. 10 2. 100 3. 1000 4. 100 000 5. 1 000 000 6. 1 000 000 000

B. Start with 6 843 402 196 each time. Subtract each of these numbers.

  1. 10 2. 100 3. 1000 4. 10 000 5. 100 000 6. 1 000 000