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Exercise 2.1

1. Fill in the missing numbers.
(a) 1000 1003

(b) 2567 2571

(c) 7540 7545

(d) 8838 8841

2. Write the numbers for the following number names. Th H T O

(a) Nine thousand nine hundred forty-two

(b) Two thousand twenty-two
(c) Five thousand six hundred fifty-four

(d) Seven thousand two hundred ninety-nine

3. Write the number names for the following numbers.

(a) 7214 _____________________________________________________________

(b) 3615 _____________________________________________________________
(c) 8006 _____________________________________________________________

(d) 5555 _____________________________________________________________

Numbers on the Abacus
We can represent the numbers on an abacus. To represent 4-digit number we use four rods
on the abacus. Each rod represents a different value. From the right, first rod represents

the ones place, second rod represents the tens place, third rod represents the hundreds
place, and the last rod represents the thousands place.

Let’s Attempt

Example 1: Represent the number 6542 on the abacus.

Solution: Put 2 beads in the ones column, 4 beads in the
tens column, 5 beads in the hundreds column
and 6 beads in the thousands column. Th H T O

This abacus represents the number 6542. 6 5 4 2