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Writing Five and Six Digit Numbers Without a Place Value Chart

Z Z To write a five digit number without using a place value chart we use
commas to separate periods.

L TTh Th H T O

8 2 6 5 4

4 1 0 6 3 8

Z 82,654 (82 lies in the period of thousand and 654 in the period of one,

so they are separated by a comma).

Z 4,10,638 (4 lies in the period of lakh, 10 in the period of thousand and

638 in the period of one, so they are separated by a comma each).

Number Names of Five and Six digit Numbers

Z Z Every five or six digit number has a number name
Z Let us see how to write number names of 5 digit numbers

Z Let us take the number: 52654

Z This can be written separated into periods as 52,654

Z 52 lies in the period of thousand and 654 in the period of one

Z So, 52,654 is read as fifty two thousand six hundred fifty four.

Z Now let us take the number: 198743

Z This can be written separated into periods as 1,98,743
Z 1 lies in the period of lakh, 98 lies in the period of thousand and 743

in the period of one

Z So, 1,98,743 is read as one lakh, ninety eight thousand seven hundred
forty-three.

Let us read some five digit numbers

37,508 Thirty seven thousand five hundred eight

54,725 Fifty four thousand seven hundred twenty five

7,73,839 Seven lakh seventy three thousand eight hundred thirty nine

9,99,999 Nine lakh ninety nine thousand nine hundred ninety nine

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