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4MA1/2FR Jun 2019, Question 1: Understanding Decimal Place Value

Pearson Edexcel International GCSE Mathematics A 4MA1 · Paper 2FR (Foundation) · Calculator · 5 marks

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The question, in short

Use a table of distances from London to five cities to practise reading, writing and rounding whole numbers.

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Part (a) · 1 mark

Express 9280 in words.

  1. 19280 = 9 thousands, 2 hundreds, 8 tens
  2. 2Nine thousand two hundred and eighty

AnswerNine thousand two hundred and eighty

Part (b) · 1 mark

Identify which city has the smallest distance from London.

  1. 1Smallest distance is 5567 km
  2. 25567 km is New York

AnswerNew York

Part (c) · 1 mark

State the place value of the digit 7 in 10 734.

  1. 110 734: the 7 is in the hundreds column
  2. 27 × 100 = 700

Answer700

Part (d) · 1 mark

Match the written number seven thousand nine hundred and sixty two to a city.

  1. 1Seven thousand nine hundred and sixty two = 7962
  2. 27962 km is Kolkata

AnswerKolkata

Part (e) · 1 mark

Round 16 983 to the nearest thousand.

  1. 116 983 lies between 16 000 and 17 000
  2. 2The hundreds digit is 9, so round up
  3. 317 000

Answer17 000

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