3Evaluating Large Numbers

Questions

1) Evaluate these expressions:

a) 212 =

b) 46 =

c) 1013 =

d) 11112 =

e) 409671 =

f) 3003 =

g) 109 =

h) 124 =

2) Round the following numbers to the nearest ten.

a) 23 b) 69

c) 42 d) 78

3) Round the following numbers to the nearest hundred.

a) 106 b) 280

c) 215 d) 999

4) Estimate (do not evaluate) what these expressions equal, by rounding to the nearest ten or hundred. The first
one has been done for you.

a) 233 ≈ 203 = 20 × 20 × 20 = 8000

b) 1065

c) 2802

d) 693

e) 2153

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Answers

1) Evaluate these expressions:

a) 212 = 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 × 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 = 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒

b) 46 = 𝟒𝟒 × 𝟒𝟒 × 𝟒𝟒 × 𝟒𝟒 × 𝟒𝟒 × 𝟒𝟒 = 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒

c) 1013 = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 × 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 × 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏

d) 11112 = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 × 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏

e) 409671 = 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒

f) 3003 = 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 × 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 × 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 = 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐

g) 109 = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 × 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 × 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 × 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 × 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 × 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 × 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 × 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 × 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏

h) 124 = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 × 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 × 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 × 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 = 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐

2) Round the following numbers to the nearest ten.

a) 23 ≈ 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 b) 69 ≈ 𝟕𝟕𝟕𝟕

c) 42 ≈ 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒 d) 78 ≈ 𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖

3) Round the following numbers to the nearest hundred.

a) 106 ≈ 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 b) 280 ≈ 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑

c) 215 ≈ 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 d) 999 ≈ 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏

4) Estimate (do not evaluate) what these expressions equal, by rounding to the nearest ten or hundred:

Other answers may be allowed, if they are reasonable (check with your teacher if you are unsure)

a) 233 ≈ 203 = 20 × 20 × 20 = 8000

b) 1065 ≈ 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟓𝟓 = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 × 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 × 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 × 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 × 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏, 𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎, 𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎, 𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎

c) 2802 ≈ 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟐𝟐 = 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 × 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 = 𝟗𝟗𝟗𝟗𝟗𝟗𝟗𝟗𝟗𝟗

d) 693 ≈ 𝟕𝟕𝟕𝟕𝟑𝟑 = 𝟕𝟕𝟕𝟕 × 𝟕𝟕𝟕𝟕 × 𝟕𝟕𝟕𝟕 = 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟎𝟎

e) 2153 ≈ 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟑𝟑 = 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 × 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 × 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 = 𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖

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