Understanding Numbers Unit 1

Numbers as words
Exercise 1
Write the following numbers as words next to the number.

a) 12

b) 46

c) 165

d) 782

e) 1,333

f) 8, 567

g) 12, 221

h) 76, 601

i) 99, 001

j) 123, 456

k) 896,055

l) 1, 550,550

m) 12, 287, 432

n) 9,653, 765

o) 77,001,009

Exercise 2 words to figures

Write The following numbers as figures in the grid below. The first two are complete.
a) Twenty eight b) Five hundred and sixty
c) Seventy one thousand, nine hundred and d) Fifteen thousand, seven hundred and
fifty-three fifty-six
e) Thirty eight thousand, nine hundred and
f) Seventy thousand and one
eighty eight
g) One hundred and three thousand and h) Eight hundred and ninety nine thousand,
forty seven nine hundred and ninety eight
i) One million, two hundred and thirty four
j) Four million and twenty one
thousand, six hundred and seventy eight
k) Seventy six million, four hundred and l) Ninety-nine million, one thousand and
fifty six, and one thirty five

Hundred Ten
Millions Thousands Hundreds Tens Units
Thousands Thousands

2 8

5 6 0

Exercise 3 Understanding Numbers

1) What is the largest and smallest integer you can make using all of these digits.
(a) 8 5 6 0 2 4

Largest ________________________ Smallest _______________________

 (b) 4 0 9 1 3 6

Largest ________________________ Smallest _______________________

(c) 2 8 1 0 4 5

Largest ________________________ Smallest _______________________

2) (a) Order these numbers from the smallest to the largest in the grid below.
9477 974 79,734 977,872 79 9,377,774
(b) Write out the full amount in words at the side of each number

Number Number in words

79,734 Seventy-nine thousand, seven hundred and thirty-four

977,872 Nine hundred and seventy-seven thousand, eight hundred and seventy-two

9,377,774 Nine million, three hundred and seventy-seven thousand, seven hundred
and seventy-four.

3) Underline the thousands digit/s in the following and write out the full amount in
words

Number Number in words

Five hundred and seven six thousand, five hundred and

576, 541
forty-one.

21, 648
8759

272,019

Rounding
(1) Write these number in billions or millions and round to one decimal place where
necessary.
a) 44,500,000
b) 7,220,000,000
c) 3,110,000
d) 8,000,000
e) 2,550,000,000
f) 425,000,000

(2) This table shows the profit listed by various travel companies during the previous
year.
Travel Companies Profit (£)
Sunny Days Travel 2,000,000
White Stripe Holidays -30,000
Kin n Kith Services 135,000
BKSB Holidays 1,300,000
Ratten Travel 72,000
Gems Travel Services -6000
Birdtown Travel 435,000

a) Order the profit figures by size, starting with the smallest and list them in empty
grid below
b) Write out the full amount in words at the side of each number

Profit (£) Number in words

Exercise 4 Negative Numbers

Negative
Numbers

Exercise 5 Negative Numbers

1) How many degrees are there between -20oC and 40oC?

2) Using the table below, put these temperatures in order, starting with the coldest

-4 oC 3 oC 1 oC 0 oC -5 oC -7 oC 4 oC

3) The temperature in Leeds is 8 °C. The temperature in Edinburgh is -3 °C. What is the
difference between the two cities?
4) What is the temperature at which water freezes?
Task 5, Part 2

Reykjavik -4oC
Stockholm -3oC

Toronto -8oC

London 9oC Rome 14oC

Barcelona 17oC

Paris 7oC

1) What is the coldest city?

2) How many degrees warmer is London than Stockholm?
3) In which cities are the temperatures above zero?
4) Is Toronto warmer than Paris?
5) Which city has the warmest temperature?
6) In which cities are the temperatures below zero?
7) How many degrees colder is Toronto than Reykjavik
8) Overnight the temperature in Stockholm dropped by 2 degrees. What was new
temperature?
9) How many degrees above freezing is Rome?

Task 5, Part 3
1) Answer the following questions using the table below.
Millie’s Tea Rooms – Balance Sheet
Months Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
Sales £ 125 218 299 422 497 534
Expenses £ 294 216 352 395 520 481
Profit/Loss £ -169 2 -53 27 -23 53
Bank Balance 31 33 -20 7 -16 37
a) Did Millie make a profit in March?
b) What was the profit/loss in January?
c) How many months was Millie overdrawn at the bank?

2) Here are the bank balances of 5 friends.

 Account Jane Alison Anna Lesley Janet
Bank Balance £ 934 213 -212 897 -209
a) Who has the most money?
b) Whose account is the most overdrawn?
c) If Anna paid £210 into the bank, would she still be overdrawn?

Task 5 Part 4
Manufacturer Turnover £ Profit £
Breemster 1.8 billion 22.2 million
Deal 2 million -30,000
Fosmint 16 million 135,000
Grendip 2.9 billion 11.3 million
Kelpey 15 million -72,000
Nistle 2,5 million -6000
Simtapenny 8 million -12,000
Taggle 4.7 million 500,000
Rister 4.2 billion 38.9 million
Westly 4.5 million 287,000
Zimemay 5 billion 187,500
1) Which manufacturer had the highest turnover?
2) Which manufacturer made the greatest loss?
3) Which manufacturer had the smallest turnover?
4) Who made the most profit?
5) Which manufacturers have a loss of more than £25,000
Exercise 6 adding negative numbers
a) 5 + -3 = 2 (f) 8 + -2 =
b) 3 + -4 = (g) 6 + -6 =
c) 1 + -5 = (h) -2 + 5 =
d) -7 + 4 = (i) -1 + 8 =
e) -6 + 3 = (j) -9 + 5 =

-10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Exercise 6 part 2 subtracting negative numbers

a) -12 – 15 = (f) -6 – (-16) =
b) -14 – 15 = (g) -1 – 13 =
c) -11 – 8 = (h) 12 – (-19) =
d) 20 – (-1) = (i) -2 – (-2) =
e) -16 – 0 = (j) -1 – (-18) =
Exercise 7 Order and compare positive and negative numbers
Arrange in order from the smallest to the largest.
 a) 8 5 9 10 2

b) 83 18 45 37 90 21

c) 605 5 566 655 506 65555

d) 2000 375 7100 999 400 2900

1) Arrange in order from smallest to largest

a) 3 -5 1 0 -2 4

b) -1 -7 -2 5 -6 1

c) 21 -3 16 35 36 -34

d) 129 -56 -111 -129 29 -11

2) Place the correct sign, < or > between the following pairs of numbers.

a) 3 1 (b) 23 19 (c) 56 59

d) -4 -6 (e) -2 2 (f) -34 0

g) -12 12 (h) 6 -6 (i) 0 1

3) Caitlin earns £23, 456, Sophie earns £23, 546 and Alex earns £23, 465

a) Who earns the least? __________________

 b) Who earns the most? __________________

Exercise 8 Multiplying large numbers

Complete all the calculations below using the long multiplication method. DO NOT use a
calculator.
Part 1
45 78 33 47 11
x26 x94 x33 x89 x11

99 6 52 12 11
X99 x94 X30 X10 X91

103 245 338 456 117

x26 x94 x33 X123 x119

Part 2 (calculator)
475 1087 456,876 90,001 1,987,678
X1067 X100,008 X567,980 x89 X234,876

99,876 77,876 123,654 765,987 1,000,004

X23,457 X231 X576,980 X1,435,973 X36

Exercise 9 Estimating
Complete all the calculations below using estimation. Round the numbers up or down to
solve each question.
Part 1 (Multiply)
a) 73 x 22 = (b) 46 x 103 = (c) 118 x 18 =
 d) 954 x 103 = (e) 99 x 11 = (f) 12, 003 x 489 =

Part 2 (divide)
a) 104 ÷ 26 = (b) 904 ÷ 29 = (c) 27, 893 ÷ 2,009 =

d) 4,009,876 ÷ 102 = (e) 88 ÷ 11 = (f) 348 ÷ 72 =

Part 3 (exam style questions)

a) Jemma runs a triathlon made up of three sections. She completes the first section in 48
minutes, the second section in 82 minutes and the third section in 59 minutes.
Estimate how long it takes Jemma to complete the triathlon, in minutes.
b) The surface area of a sphere is given by the formula A = 4πr2 where A is the surface
area and r is the radius of the circle.
Estimate the surface area of a sphere, in cm2 (π = 3.14, radius = 4.92cm)
Exercise 10 Dividing by 10, 100 and 1,000.
Use the bus stop method. Do Not use a calculator.
Part 1
1) 150 ÷ 10 = 2) 230 ÷ 10 = 3) 1470 ÷ 10 =

4)1150 ÷ 100 = 5) 5,230 ÷ 100 = 6) 18,470 ÷ 100 =

7) 21,150 ÷ 1000 = 8) 655,230 ÷ 1000 = 9) 1,238,470 ÷ 1000 =

 10) 64 ÷ 10 = 11) 73 ÷ 10 = 12) 345 ÷ 100 =

13) 45 ÷ 100 = 14) 3478 ÷ 1000 = 15) 345,876 ÷ 1000 =

Exercise 11 Long Division

Do not use a calculator.
1596 ÷ 3 = 1630 ÷ 5 2285 ÷ 5
332
3 1596

2455÷ 5 = 3608 ÷ 8 2826 ÷ 6

2783 ÷ 11 = 1792 ÷ 23 6168 ÷ 12

 324 ÷ 18 = 2332 ÷ 22 3072 ÷ 64

Exercise 12 Long Division using a calculator

Part 1
57,552 ÷ 88 = 20,928 ÷ 327 = 2,362,625 ÷ 37 =

10, 888,878 ÷ 989898= 10201 ÷ 101 = 9,899,901 ÷ 99 =

Part 2
Check each calculation using reverse calculation:
57,552 ÷ 88 = 20,928 ÷ 327 = 2,362,625 ÷ 37 =
 10, 888,878 ÷ 989898= 10201 ÷ 101 = 9,899,901 ÷ 99 =

Exercise 13 Multiply and divide negative numbers

Part 1 (do not use a calculator)
1) 4 x -10 = (2) 30 ÷ -6 =

3) -10 ÷ -10 = (4) – 4 x 4 =

5) 10 x -2 = (6) 48 ÷ -12 =

7) -96 ÷ 12 = (8) -5 x -2 =

9) -7 x 1 = (10) -4 x 12 =

11) -24 ÷ 8 = (12) -132 ÷ 12 =

Part 2 (Calculator)

1) -32 x -32 = (2) -32 ÷ 8 =

3) 128 x -14 = (4) -256 x -40 =

5) 2560 ÷ -80 = (6) 8100 ÷ -90 =

7) -64 x 64 = (8) 64 ÷ -64 =

9) 11580 ÷ -12 = (10) -965 x -12 =

Exercise 14 BIDMAS
 Part 1. Calculate the following

1) 2 + 3 x 5 = 2) 5 x 2 + 6 = 3) 20 – 2 x 4 =
4) 30 – 52 = 5) 6 + 32 x 2 = 6) 4 x 5 – (6 + 9) =
7) 28 ÷ 4 + 3 = 8) (17 – 2) ÷ 3 = 9) 20 ÷ (2 +3) =
10) (24 – 6) ÷ 3 = 11) 30 – 9 x 2 = 12) (45 – 5) ÷ 8 + 2 =
13) 20 + 2 x 32 = 14) 15 ÷ 3 + 2 = 15) 52 – 2 x 4 =
16) 24 ÷ 3 + 5 = 17) 12 – 3 x 22 = 18) 18 + 10 ÷ 2 =
19) (6 x 3 + 2) ÷ (4 + 2 x 3) = 20) 50 – 16 ÷ 2 + 6 = 21) 7 x 6 – 5 x 4 + 1 x 3 =
22) 7 x (15 – 3 x 2) = 23) 40 ÷ (2 + 3 x 2) 24) 60 – (72 + 2 x 5)
25) 36 ÷ 32 + (12 ÷ 3)2 = 26) 22 + 62 ÷ 2 + 1 = 27) 10 – (9 ÷ 32 + 4) =
28) 6 + 2(3 + 22) = 29) 5(9 – 3 x 2) = 30) 2 x 3 + 24 ÷ 6 =
14+3 × ( 9+3 ) 8+9 ×3
31) =¿ 32) =¿ 33) 1 + 3 x (62 – 4 x 32 + 8) =
6 × 4+1 6−1
34) 1 + 32 x 4 – 3 x 23 = 35) (10 + 2 x 42) ÷ 6 + 3 x 5 = 36) (3 x 52 – 3) ÷ (32 + 3) x 22 =

Part 2 Insert brackets to make each calculation correct. You only need to add brackets when
needed, so some questions will not need brackets, which ones?

1) 14 + 1 ÷ 3 = 5 2) 18 ÷ 6 + 3 = 2 3) 20 ÷ 4 + 1 = 6
4) 16 – 12 ÷ 4 = 13 5) 6 + 5 x 2 = 22 6) 12 – 3 x 2 = 18

Part 3. Insert the correct symbols: ( ), +, -, x, ÷, to make each calculation correct.

1) 10 2 3 = 16 2) 30 2 3 = 24 3) 30 2 3 = 18
4) 5 4 3 = 27 5) 2 4 3 = 11 6) 4 4 2 7 = 30