Place value maths problems

Place value maths problems

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This task is about many aspects of Number structure, including estimation, rounding, and place value.
Questions/instructions
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1.
Look at this picture of birds flying. About how many birds are in the picture? Do NOT count them – only estimate.
 
 
(A) Less than 100
(B) Between 100 and 1000
(C) More than 1000
(D) More than 10,000
 
2.
Which of the following is closest to 15 seconds?
 
 
(A) 14.1 seconds
(B) 14.7 seconds
(C) 14.9 seconds
(D) 15.2 seconds
 
3. 
2000 + 300 + 60 + 7 =
 
 
(A) 2367
(B) 20,367
(C) 23,067
(D) 23,607
 
4.
Which is one million?
 
 
(A) 10,000
(B) 100,000
(C) 1,000,000
(D) 10,000,000
 
5.
Which number is greatest?
 
 
(A) 2573
(B) 2537
(C) 2753
(D) 2735
 
6.
Which is an even number?
 
 
(A) 225
(B) 233 
(C) 370
(D) 391
 
7.
What is 18,565 rounded to the nearest thousand?
 
 
(A) 18,000
(B) 18,600
(C) 19,000
(D) 20,000
 
Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pencil and paper.
Level:
2
Description of task: 
For this NEMP task students answer a series of 7 questions covering many aspects of Number. These include estimation, rounding, work with fractions, place value, addition, multiplication, and division.
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Answers/responses: 
    Y4 (10/1997)
1. (B) 57%
2. (C) 36%
3. (A) 40%
4. (C) 39%
5. (C) 56%
6. (C) 33%
7. (C) 15%

NOTE: Questions 1-2 were also done by year 8 students, see resource NM0105.