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Group Activity Cards
 Numbers
and Operations
Use groups of 2.
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Lands of Confusion
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 Read the following passage.
You probably know that there are differences between British English and American English. For example, in British English the word boot can be used to describe footwear or an automobile trunk. As the table below shows, the differences extend to numbers as well.
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Number of Zeroes
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Number
Quadrillion
Quintillion
Sextillion
Septillion
Octillion
Nonillion
Decillion
Undecillion
Duodecillion
Tredecillion
Quattuordecillion
Quindecillion
Sexdecillion
Septendecillion |
British English
24
30
36
42
48
54
60
66
72
78
84
90
96
102 |
American English
15
18
21
24
27
30
33
36
39
42
45
48
51
54 |
Decide which partner will use British English and which will use American English. Write each number below in standard form. Then write the number in word form. Compare your results.
- 1.25 × 1026
- 4.7 × 1031
- 8 × 1036
- 2.06 × 1044
- 1.4 × 1049
- 6 × 1054
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