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Lesson 5: Exploring One Million



 1. 

How many thousands are in 1 million?
a.
100
b.
1000
c.
10
d.
10 000
 

 2. 

How many hundreds are in 1 million?
a.
100
b.
1000
c.
10 000
d.
100 000
 

 3. 

How many hundred thousands are in 1 million?
a.
10
b.
1000
c.
100
d.
10 000
 

 4. 

The distance around the Earth at the equator is about 40 000 km. How many times would you have to go around the Earth to travel 1 000 000 km?
a.
10
b.
100
c.
200
d.
25
 

 5. 

How many years is a million days, rounded to the nearest year?
a.
83 333
b.
2740
c.
19 231
d.
365 000
 

 6. 

If you earn $8 per hour, how many hours would you have to work to earn $1 000 000?
a.
800 000
b.
50 000
c.
125 000
d.
200 000
 

 7. 

The average person blinks about 20 times in 1 minute. How many minutes would it take to blink 1 million times?
a.
50 000
b.
5000
c.
500 000
d.
500
 

 8. 

Use your answer from question 7 to determine how many days it would take to blink 1 million times. Round your answer to the nearest day.
a.
5000
b.
2083
c.
35
d.
833
 

 9. 

A sheet of paper is 0.1 mm thick. How thick will 1 million sheets of paper be?
a.
100 mm
c.
10 000 mm
b.
10 000 000 mm
d.
100 000 mm
 

 10. 

Use your answer from question to determine how thick 1 million sheets of paper would be in metres.
a.
10 m
b.
100 m
c.
1000 m
d.
10 000 m
 



 
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