LESSON 5 News Number Line

How Big Is One Million?

1. Use your calculator to count by 10,000s to 1 million. If you count out loud, how many numbers will you say?
2. Use your calculator to count by 100,000s to 1 million. If you count out loud, how many numbers will you say?
3. A pencil manufacturer donates 1,000,000 pencils to your school. Your principal divides the pencils evenly among the students. How many pencils will each student get?
1. What do you need to know before you can solve the problem?
2. Use your calculator to find the answer.
4. For the numbers below, name the two benchmark numbers in the hundred thousands you would use to locate these numbers on a number line. Next, name the two benchmark numbers you would use in the ten thousands. Locate these numbers on the class number line.
1. 362,871
2. 728,147