Chapter 3 Large Numbers
Chapter 3 Large Numbers
100000
One Lakh
Thousand
Hundred
Crore
1000
100
10
10000000
1000000
10000
1
Ten Lakh
Thousand
Ten
Ten
One
Ten Crore
For ease of reading & writing large numbers; places in place value chart are divided in
to groups or periods & periods are separated by commas.
On the basis of different methods used to divide periods in to groups we have
INDIAN SYSTEM OF NUMERATION & INTERNATIONAL SYSYTEM OF NUMERATION
Indian System of Numeration: First Period made up of 3 Places(O,T,H) next all periods
made up of two places each. This system is used in India only.
Crore Lakhs Thousands Ones
TC C TL L TTh Th H T O
4 8 7 4 8 9 1 2 3
So ,a number 487489123 will be written as 48,74,89,123 and read as Forty eight crore
seventy four lakh eighty nine thousand one hundred twenty three.
International System of Numeration: Every period made up of three places in place
value chart. This system is used worldwide. Places in this system have separate
names too.
Billion Millions Thousands Ones
B HM TM M HTh TTh Th H T O
4 8 7 4 8 9 1 2 3
Hundred Thousands
Million
Ten Million
Hundred Million
So same number 487489123 in International System is written as 487,489,123 & read as
Four hundred eighty seven millions ,for hundred eighty nine thousand, one hundred twenty
three.
Q2.Seperate the periods with commas & write the number names of the following in the
Indian & International systems of numeration
Eighty seven crore twenty four lakh Eight hundred seventy two million four
ninety two thousand eight hundred hundred ninety two thousand eight
658392759 65,83,92,759 658,392,759
Sixty five crore eighty three lakh Six hundred fifty eight million three
ninety two thousand seven hundred hundred ninety two thousand seven
fifty nine. hundred fifty nine.
124654378 12,46,54,378 124,654,378
Twelve crore forty six lakh fifty four One hundred twenty four million six
thousand three hundred seventy hundred fifty four thousand three
eight. hundred seventy eight.
Know you should try to solve following.