Problem Set 6 – Comparing Big Numbers and the CroreClass 5 Maths · Chapter 2 Number Work · Problem Set 6 – Maharashtra Board

Textbook: Mathematics – Class 5 (Balbharati, official free PDF) · pages 8–9

Which is bigger, 47,25,310 or 47,52,013? Learn a sure way to compare big numbers with < and >, and meet the crore.

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Summary: Problem Set 6 – Comparing Big Numbers and the Crore

If two numbers have a different number of digits, the one with more digits is bigger: 10,00,000 > 9,99,999.

If they have the same number of digits, compare digit by digit from the LEFT — ten lakhs first, then lakhs, then ten thousands, and so on.

The first place where the digits differ decides: the number with the bigger digit there is the bigger number.

Use < for 'is less than' and > for 'is greater than'. Ascending order goes from smallest to biggest; descending order from biggest to smallest.

99,99,999 + 1 = 1,00,00,000, the smallest eight-digit number, read as one crore. Bigger places are ten crores, abja and ten abja.

Key points to remember

  • More digits → bigger number
  • Same digits → compare from the left
  • The first different digit decides
  • < means less than, > means greater than
  • The open side of < or > faces the bigger number
  • Ascending = small to big; descending = big to small
  • 1 crore = 1,00,00,000 = 100 lakh
  • 100 crore = 1 abja
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Number Work Problem Set 6 – question answers

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Give me 5 important questions with answers from Class 5 Maths Chapter 2

Here are 5 important questions from Class 5 Maths Chapter 2, along with their answers:

Question 1:

Write the proper symbol, ‘<’ or ‘>’ in the box:

(1) 45,678 [ ] 45,678

Answer:

(1) = (Both numbers are equal)

Question 2:

The number of students in School A is 1,20,345 and in School B is 1,20,456. Which school has more students?

Answer:

Here, 1,20,456 > 1,20,345.

Hence, School B has more students.

Question 3:

Write the numbers in words:

(1) 2,34,567

Answer:

Two lakh thirty-four thousand five hundred and sixty-seven.

Question 4:

Write in figures:

(1) Four lakh twenty-three thousand and fifty.

Answer:

4,23,050

Question 5:

Compare the following using >, < or = signs:

(1) 2,45,678 [ ] 2,45,689

Answer:

(1) < (2,45,678 is less than 2,45,689)

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