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Name

Date

The Abacus
Long before place-value charts were invented, people used a tool called an abacus
to show numbers. Each rod of beads on an abacus stands for one place value.
Each bead worth 5 units
Center bar

To read numbers on an
abacus, count the beads
moved to the center bar
in each place value.

hu

nd

re
d
te thou
n
th san
ou d
th san s
ou d
s
hu sand
nd s
re
ds
te
ns
on
es

Each bead worth 1 unit

539,047

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

On a separate sheet of paper, draw an abacus to show the number 605,927.

Copyright Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

Write the number shown on each abacus in standard form.

14

Name

Date

The Abacus
Long before place-value charts were invented, people used a tool called an abacus
to show numbers. Each rod of beads on an abacus stands for one place value.
Each bead worth 5 units
Center bar

To read numbers on an
abacus, count the beads
moved to the center bar
in each place value.

hu

nd

re
d
te thou
n
th san
ou d
th san s
ou d
s
hu sand
nd s
re
ds
te
ns
on
es

Each bead worth 1 unit

539,047
Write the number shown on each abacus in standard form.
2.

142,097
3.

4.

901,435
5.

258,160

563,078

On a separate sheet of paper, draw an abacus to show the number 605,927.

Check students drawings.

Copyright Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

1.