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As of 2010, Guimaras province in Western Visayas, famous for its sweet mangoes, has a population
of 162 943. How do you read the number 162 943?
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The number 162 943 is a number written in standard form. It is read as “one hundred sixty-two
thousand, nine hundred forty-three”. In expanded form the number can be written as
100 000 + 60 000 + 2000 + 900 + 40 + 3.
Study how it is written on the place value chart.
The number 162 943 has two periods: thousands and units. Each digit occupies a definite place in a
number called place value. To get the value of a digit, multiply it by its place value.
The digit 1 in the hundred thousands place means 1 × 100 000. Its value is 100 000. The digit 6 in the
ten thousands place means 6 × 10 000. Its value is 60 000. The digit 2 in the thousands place means 2 ×
1000. Its value is 2000. The digit 9 in the hundreds place means 9 × 100. Its value is 900. The digit 4 in the
tens place means 4 × 10. Its value is 40. The digit 3 in the ones place means 3 × 1. Its value is 3.
Thus, the expanded form of 162 943 is 100 000 + 60 000 + 2000 + 900 + 40 + 3. The expanded form
of a number is all the values added together.
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E. Read each problem. Do as indicated or answer the question that comes after.
1. According to the Department of Tourism (DOT), 41 691 Japanese tourists arrived in the
country during the first month of 2016. Write the value of the second largest digit in the
given number.
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2. In a town’s public schools, there were about ninety-eight thousand elementary students.
How many periods are there in ninety-eight thousand?
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