Grade 7 Chapter 1

Number Sense
 Goals of this Chapter
➢ B1.1 represent and compare whole numbers up to and including one billion, including in
expanded form using powers of ten, and describe various ways they are used in everyday life
➢ B1.2 identify and represent perfect squares, and determine their square roots, in various contexts
➢ B1.3 read, represent, compare, and order rational numbers, including positive and negative
decimal numbers to thousandths, in various contexts*
➢ B1.6 round decimal numbers to the nearest tenth, hundredth, or whole number, as applicable, in
various contexts

Source: https://www.dcp.edu.gov.on.ca/en/curriculum/elementary-mathematics/grades/g7-math/strand-b/b1
* Fractions will be covered in the Fractions, ratios, and percents unit
Chapter X.X: Reading and Writing Whole
Numbers
Goal: to represent whole numbers up to and including one billion, including in expanded
form using powers of ten, and describe various ways they are used in everyday life

Expectation B1.1
Imagine. . .
(Opening Engagement Question)
Walmart Revenue
The income statement for Walmart is below.

Write total revenue for 2020 in

standard notation
Source: https://corporate.walmart.com/media-library/document/2020-walmart-annual-report/_proxyDocument?id=00000171-a3ea-
dfc0-af71-b3fea8490000
History of Walmart
Let’s learn more. . .
 Grouping into “Periods” PERIOD

Period - we call a group of hundreds, tens, and ones a period

PERIOD PERIOD
PERIOD Billions Millions Thousands Ones

Hundreds Tens Ones Hundreds Tens Ones Hundreds Tens Ones Hundreds Tens Ones

1 6 7 2 5 0 3 1 8

This would be written as the following:

As a numeral: 167,250,318

In words: one hundred sixty-seven million, two hundred fifty thousand three hundred, eighteen

In expanded form: 100,000,000 + 60,000,000 + 7,000,000 + 200,000 + 50,000 + 300 + 10 + 8

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Review: Expanded Form
Expanded form - writing a number to show the value of each digit; can be written as:

1. Sum of each digit

2. Sum of each digit multiplied by its matching place value

91,013 = 90,000 + 1,000 + 10 + 3

Expanded form (sum of each digit)

= 9 ✕ 10,000 + 1 ✕ 1,000 + 1 ✕ 10 + 3 ✕ 1
Standard
notation
Expanded form (sum of each digit ✕ by place value)
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Powers of Ten
Powers of ten - a power of the number of 10 where the number 10 is multiplied by itself
repeatedly as many times as expressed by the exponent

Example 1 Example 2

10² = 10 ✕ 10 10¯² = 1 1
= = 0.01
10 ✕ 10 100
Negative exponent indicates that Negative
the number needs to be divided by exponents
the power of 10. will be
covered in
Grade 8
Example - Powers of Ten
Calculate 10³

Understand the question

To calculate a power of ten with a positive integer, simply write “1” and add the
number of zeros based on the exponent.
Add 3 zeros

10³ = 10 ✕ 10 ✕ 10
= 1,000 Therefore, 10³ = 1,000
Expanded Form Using Powers of Ten
Expanded notation with powers of ten shows a number as an expression by using
addition, multiplication, and exponents.

Examples: 510,008,710
The exponent is the number of
“0s” that follows the digit

= 5 ✕ 10⁸ + 1 ✕ 10⁷ + 8 ✕ 10³ + 7 ✕ 10² + 1 ✕ 10

We don’t need to write to the

81,100,055 power of 1 because anything to
the power of 1 is the base
= 8 ✕ 10⁷ + 1 ✕ 10⁶ + 1 ✕ 10⁵ + 5 ✕ 10 + 5 ✕ 1
When inputting
numbers electronically,
the “^” sign is used for Example

exponents (Shift +6) 10³ = 10^3

Scientific Notation

Scientific notation is
used to write numbers
that are too big or too
small - it is easier to
read
Scientific Notation
1. Write the coefficient as a number between 1 and 10
2. Multiply it by 10 to an exponent based on how many spaces you moved the decimal
(positive exponent if you moved left, negative exponent if you moved right)

Example:
548,000,000
548,000,000
= 5.48 ✕ 10⁸
To check this number, I
can move the decimal
place to the right by 8
spaces (since the
548,000,000
exponent is a positive
8)
Example - Using Scientific Notation
The fastest recorded wing beat of a hummingbird is 80 beats per second. If
this speed is maintained, how many wing beats would there be in one hour?
Write the answer in scientific notation.

Understand the question

I know how much it beats per second. There are 60 seconds in one minute and 60 minutes in 1
hour. I need to multiply 80 by 60 and 60 again. Then take the answer and write in scientific
notation
80 beats/second ✕ 60 seconds/min ✕ 60 min/hour
= 288,000 beats/hour
= 2.88 ✕ 10⁵ beats/min Therefore, the hummingbird would beat its
wings 2.88 ✕ 10⁵ beats per hour