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Math Olympiad Numbers — practice questions

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Arranging 382, 18 and 750 from smallest to largest puts them in order that is:Read the answer and worked solution →Arranging the same numbers from largest to smallest puts them in order that is:Read the answer and worked solution →Comparing two 4-digit numbers, the greater one is the one with the most:Read the answer and worked solution →The greatest 3-digit number that can be written is:Read the answer and worked solution →Adding 1 to the greatest single-digit number gives the smallest number with digits numbering:Read the answer and worked solution →Adding 1 to 9999 gives the smallest 5-digit number, which is:Read the answer and worked solution →The number that comes just after 99,999 is named one:Read the answer and worked solution →In the Indian system, the smallest 8-digit number is called one:Read the answer and worked solution →In the Indian system, the first comma in a large number comes after the place of:Read the answer and worked solution →In the International system, the places run ones, tens, hundreds, thousands and then:Read the answer and worked solution →One million equals a number of thousands that is:Read the answer and worked solution →In the International system, one billion equals a number of millions that is:Read the answer and worked solution →The number of millimetres in one centimetre is:Read the answer and worked solution →The number of centimetres in one metre is:Read the answer and worked solution →The number of metres in one kilometre is:Read the answer and worked solution →The number of grams in one kilogram is:Read the answer and worked solution →The number of millilitres in one litre is:Read the answer and worked solution →Rounding 17 to the nearest ten gives:Read the answer and worked solution →Rounding 12 to the nearest ten gives:Read the answer and worked solution →Rounding 76 to the nearest ten gives:Read the answer and worked solution →When a problem mixes operations, confusion is avoided by using:Read the answer and worked solution →With brackets in place, the part you work out first is the part that is:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the metric unitsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Indian place namesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the number gatesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the number wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Indian or internationalRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the maths wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Numbers bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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Arranging 382, 18 and 750 from smallest to largest puts them in order that is:

  1. Ascending
  2. Ascertained
  3. Assembling
  4. Assessing
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Correct answer: A. Ascending

1. The list starts at the least value. 2. Each next number is bigger than the last. 3. That arrangement is ascending order. _Source: syllabus Mathematics Class VI, Chapter 1, Knowing Our Numbers._

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Arranging the same numbers from largest to smallest puts them in order that is:

  1. Designating
  2. Descending
  3. Describing
  4. Depositing
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Correct answer: B. Descending

1. The list starts at the greatest value. 2. Each next number is smaller than the last. 3. That arrangement is descending order. _Source: syllabus Mathematics Class VI, Chapter 1, Knowing Our Numbers._

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Comparing two 4-digit numbers, the greater one is the one with the most:

  1. Thousands
  2. Thumbnails
  3. Threads
  4. Thickness
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Correct answer: A. Thousands

1. The leftmost digit carries the biggest place value. 2. Whichever number leads there is larger. 3. So the greater one has the most thousands. _Source: syllabus Mathematics Class VI, Chapter 1, Knowing Our Numbers._

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