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S E C T ION  1. 2 I PLACE VALUE, NAMES FOR NUMBERS, AND READING TABLES                 13


            25. The highest point in Colorado is Mount Elbert, at an  26. The highest point in Oregon is Mount Hood, at an
                elevation of 14,433 feet. (Source: U.S. Geological    elevation of 11,239 feet. (Source: U.S. Geological
                Survey)                                               Survey)



                                                                          Mount
                                                                          Hood




                        Mount
                        Elbert


            27. In a recent year, the Great Internet Mersenne Prime  28. The Goodyear blimp Eagle holds 202,700 cubic feet
                Search, a cooperative computing project, helped find   of helium. (Source: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber
                a prime number that has nearly 13,000,000 digits.     Company)
                (Source: Science News)

            Write each whole number in standard form. See Examples 8 through 11.
            29. Six thousand, five hundred eighty-seven            30. Four thousand, four hundred sixty-eight
            31. Fifty-nine thousand, eight hundred                32. Seventy-three thousand, two
            33. Thirteen million, six hundred one thousand,       34. Sixteen million, four hundred five thousand,
                eleven                                                sixteen
            35. Seven million, seventeen                          36. Two million, twelve
            37. Two hundred sixty thousand, nine hundred          38. Six hundred forty thousand, eight hundred
                ninety-seven                                          eighty-one
            Write the whole number in each sentence in standard form. See Examples 8 through 11.

            39. The Mir Space Station orbits above Earth at an    40. The average distance between the surfaces of Earth
                average altitude of three hundred ninety-five          and the Moon is about two hundred thirty-four
                kilometers. (Source: Heavens Above)                   thousand miles.






                                                                                         234 thousand
                                                                                           miles      Moon
                                                                              Earth


            41. La Rinconada, Peru, is the highest town in the world.  42. The world’s tallest free-standing tower is the
                It is located sixteen thousand, seven hundred thirty-  Guangzhou TV Tower in China. Its completed height
                two feet above sea level. (Source: Russell Ash: Top   is two thousand one feet tall. (Source:The World
                10 of Everything, 2009)                               Almanac)
            43. The Summit Entertainment film The Twilight Saga:   44. The Warner Brothers film The Dark Knight set the
                New Moon set the U.S. and Canada record for opening   U.S. and Canada record for second-highest opening
                day income when it took in approximately seventy-two  day income when it took in approximately sixty-seven
                million, seven hundred four thousand dollars in one   million, one hundred sixty-five thousand dollars in
                day in 2009. (Source: wikipedia.org)                  one day in 2008. (Source: wikipedia.org)
            45. As of 2009, there were one thousand, three hundred  46. Morten Anderson, who played football for New
                seventeen species classified as either threatened or   Orleans,Atlanta, N.Y. Giants, Kansas City, and
                endangered in the United States. (Source: U.S. Fish   Minnesota between 1982 and 2007, holds the record
                & Wildlife Service)                                   for the most points scored in a career. Over his
                                                                      25-year career he scored two thousand, five hundred
                                                                      forty-four points. (Source: NFL.com)
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