1. Is the population of Illinois closer to 12,876,000 or 12,875,000?
  2. Maine has a population of one-million, three-hundred twenty-nine thousand, one hundred ninety-two. Write that number in standard form.
  3. Use a ruler to draw a number line starting at 0 counting by 5,000,000 up to 50,000,000.
  4. Use a ruler to draw a number line starting at 50,000,000 and counting by 50,000,000 up to 550,000,000.
  5. Compare the population facts for a fifth-grade student at the Tarver School in the United States and the Karachi American School in Pakistan. Use the two number lines you drew in Questions 7 and 8 and place the population numbers on the appropriate number line for each school.
    1. city
    2. state or province
    3. country