Whole Numbers 1

Dear all,

Today, we started on the first topic of Whole Numbers. For Mathematics, you need to see the relevance of the topics to your life to make learning more meaningful. For whole numbers, this is essentially useful to our lives as we count. You learn millions because some everyday items are counted in millions such as prices of houses, prices of certain cars and size of population in countries.

Today, we learnt two important concepts:

• The number 'Million' has 6 zeroes. 
• Place Value Chart
• For a whole number with no decimals, the number on the extreme right is in the ones place value. 
• example: in the number 4,656,789 the number 9 is in the ones place. 
• Many of times, the common mistake is reading 9 as in the tens place. This is incorrect. 

We also learn how to write numerals in words. This is important and will be tested. 

For the number 765,820. We write it as Seven Hundred and Sixty-Five Thousand, Eight Hundred and Twenty. 

Homework for the day:

• Pages 1 - 4 of the Workbook of Whole Numbers 1.

I also ended off with a 'Question for the Day'. This is especially useful to get you to think deeper. We need to constantly exercise our brain power and think deeply. I will go through the answers tomorrow. Remember that it is not the answer but the process of how you arrive at the answer. So I am looking out for how you explain your answer. :) You can let your siblings or parents try out the question too. Have fun!

Sincerely,

Mr Nelson Ong