Question

Sue and Jonah chose numbers for a place-value game. Sue chose the number one hundred fifty-two thousand. Jonah chose five million for his number. Who chose the greater number? Explain.

Answer 1

Jonah chose the greater nmber.

Explanation:

Sue chose the number one hundred fifty two thousand.

We can write this number as 150000

Jonah chose five million.

Now we can write 5 million as 5000000.

Since 5 million is bigger than 150000 therefore, Jonah chose the greater number.