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To calculate: The number form of the number described in words in the statement “According to a major auto manufacturer, the company invested more than
Answer to Problem 1ES
Solution:
The number form of the number described in words in the statement is
Explanation of Solution
Given Information:
The statement “According to a major auto manufacturer, the company invested more than
Formula used:
The place-value chart for the whole numbers is defined as:
Trillions |
Billions |
Millions |
Thousands |
Units |
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Hundred Billion (100,000,000,000,000) |
Ten Billion (10,000,000,000,000) |
Billions (1,000,000,000,000) |
Hundred Billion (100,000,000,000) |
Ten Billion (10,000,000,000) |
Billions (1,000,000,000) |
Hundred Million (100,000,000) |
Ten Million (10,000,000) |
Millions (1,000,000) |
Hundred thousand (100,000) |
Ten Thousand (10,000) |
Thousands (1,000) |
Hundreds (100) |
Tens (10) |
Ones (1) |
Calculation:
Consider the provided statement.
“According to a major auto manufacturer, the company invested more than
The number form is written through the following steps:
First read the wordsstarting from left towards right. In the provided statement, theprovided period is billion.
So, it must be followed by million, thousands and units. So, write the number with the commas inserted at each period name as:
As the period names of other periods is silent, fill in the remaining numbers in the respective periods with zeros. So, the number is:
Therefore, thenumber described in words in the provided statement is
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