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Place Value Problem-Solving

Solve number and practical problems involving place value with increasingly large positive numbers

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Question 1 of 3

The town of Brookfield has a population of 12,467 people. Rounded to the nearest thousand, what is the best estimate of the population?

Question 2 of 3

A school bought 4,125 pencils. They used 1,938 pencils in the first week and 842 pencils in the second week. How many pencils are left?

Question 3 of 3

The school library has 1,284 books. The headteacher wants to report the number of books rounded to the nearest hundred. What number should be reported?

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