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- 1 How do you decide which number is greater than the other?
- 2 Is the whole always the biggest number?
- 3 What is the largest possible number?
- 4 Why do you start with the largest place value when comparing numbers?
- 5 What is the biggest number besides infinity?
- 6 Why do we compare numbers?
- 7 What is the greatest number that can be written as 8?
- 8 What is the greatest number that can be added together?
- 9 What is the most significant digit of a three-digit number?
How do you decide which number is greater than the other?
The symbols < and > are used to indicate which number is greater, and which is less than the other. When comparing the values of two numbers, you can use a number line to determine which number is greater. The number on the right is always greater than the number on the left.
Is the whole always the biggest number?
There is no ‘largest’ whole number. Except 0, every whole number has an immediate predecessor or a number that comes before. A decimal number or a fraction lies between two whole numbers, but are not whole numbers.
What is the largest possible number?
Despite having more numbers than atoms in the universe, trying to prove that your integer is bigger than anyone else’s integer has continued through the centuries. The biggest number referred to regularly is a googolplex (10googol), which works out as 1010^100.
When you compare two numbers the number with more ones is greater?
Incorrect. The number 11 is to the left of 17 on the number line, so 17 is greater. The correct answer is 17. If one number is significantly greater than another number, it may be difficult to compare the numbers effectively with a number line.
How do you compare numbers when the digits on the greatest place value are the same?
When comparing numbers, first start with the greatest place value. Then compare the digits in the greatest place value position. If these digits are the same, continue to the next smaller place until the digits are different. The table below shows three numbers and steps to compare the three numbers.
Why do you start with the largest place value when comparing numbers?
We compare numbers by first examining their greatest place value. This is done simply because more of any place value will be greater than less of a place value. Moreover, a greater place value is automatically greater than a less place value (eg hundreds are greater than tens, so 578 is greater than 99).
What is the biggest number besides infinity?
The number googol is a one with a hundred zeros. It got its name from a nine-year old boy. A googol is more than all the hairs in the world.
Why do we compare numbers?
In math, to compare means to examine the differences between numbers, quantities or values to decide if it is greater than, smaller than or equal to another quantity. Here, for instance, we are comparing numbers. By comparing, we can define or find by how much a number is greater or smaller.
What place value should you always compare first?
Step 1: Always start from the digits at the highest place value. Step 2: Compare the digits at this place value in both numbers. The number with the bigger digit is greater. Step 3: If the digits are equal, move one place value to the right 👉, and repeat Step 2.
What is the greatest 6-digit number?
If you’re using base n, the greatest 6 digit number is found by taking 6 of the digit (n-1) and stringing them together. For example, in base 5, the greatest 6 digit number is 444,444. Originally Answered: What is the largest 6-digit number?
What is the greatest number that can be written as 8?
You want to start from the hundred digit, because at that digit, each number represents a hundred times of it. You find the biggest number you can use is 9. Second step is fill the digit of tens, you have already used 9, so the greatest number you now can use is 8. In the same logic, we fill the last digit with the biggest number left, 7.
What is the greatest number that can be added together?
If you mean largest then 999,999 is the greatest. If you mean best then 999,983 is the greatest. It’s the largest 6 digit prime number (in fact the 78,498th prime) and if you add together the digits they add up to 47, which is a prime number. If you add those digits you get 11, which is a prime number.
What is the most significant digit of a three-digit number?
Given that we want a three-digit number, that means the most significant (hundreds) digit must be nine, the next most significant digit (tens) must be eight, and the least significant digits (ones) must be 7, i.e. 987. (Um, you did want base ten, right?