Practice

Large Numbers Around Us — Practice

15 questions 15 min Recall + understand

Q1. In the Indian number system, the number 1,00,000 is read as
- A. Ten thousand
- B. One lakh
- C. Ten lakhs
- D. One crore
Q2. What is the largest 3-digit whole number?
- A. 99
- B. 100
- C. 999
- D. 1000
Q3. What is the smallest 6-digit whole number?
- A. 10,000
- B. 99,999
- C. 1,00,000
- D. 10,00,000
Q4. How many zeros does the number one lakh have when written in digits?
- A. 5
- B. 4
- C. 6
- D. 7
Q5. How many zeros does one crore have when written in digits?
- A. 5
- B. 6
- C. 7
- D. 9
Q6. In the American (International) system, 10,00,000 (Indian) is read as
- A. Hundred thousand
- B. One million
- C. Ten million
- D. One billion
Q7. In the Indian place value system, commas are placed in numbers in which pattern from right to left?
- A. 3-3-3-3 (thousands, millions, billions).
- B. 3-2-2-2 (thousands, lakhs, crores, arabs).
- C. 2-2-2-2 (uniform two-digit grouping).
- D. 4-3-3-3 (no fixed thousand group).
Q8. Write the number 3,00,600 in words (Indian system).
- A. Three lakh six hundred
- B. Thirty thousand six hundred
- C. Three lakh six thousand
- D. Three lakh sixty
Q9. The 'Thoughtful Thousands' calculator only has a +1000 button. How many times must it be pressed to show 10,000?
- A. 1
- B. 100
- C. 10
- D. 1000
Q10. How many thousands are required to make one lakh?
- A. 10
- B. 50
- C. 1000
- D. 100
Q11. Rounding 'up' a number means
- A. The approximated number is less than the actual number.
- B. The approximated number is more than the actual number.
- C. The number is left unchanged.
- D. The number is converted to a fraction.
Q12. Rounding 'down' a number means
- A. The approximated number is more than the actual number.
- B. The number is multiplied by 10.
- C. The approximated number is less than the actual number.
- D. The number is replaced by zero.
Q13. What is the nearest thousand of 6,72,85,183?
- A. 6,72,85,000
- B. 6,72,86,000
- C. 6,72,80,000
- D. 6,73,00,000
Q14. In the Indian system, one arab is equal to
- A. Ten crores
- B. Ten lakhs
- C. Ten thousand crores
- D. One hundred crores
Q15. Besides India, the Indian system of naming numbers (lakh, crore) is also followed in
- A. France, Germany and Italy.
- B. Japan, South Korea and China.
- C. Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
- D. Brazil, Argentina and Mexico.

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