Question

Read the table and answer the following questions.

Name of the Star	Diameter (in miles)
Sun	864730
Sirius	1556500
Canopus	25941900
Alpha Centauri	1037700
Arcturus	19888800
Vega	2594200

(i) Write the Canopus star’s diameter in words, in the Indian and the International System.
(ii) Write the sum of the place values of 5 in Sirius star’s diameter in the Indian System.
(iii) Eight hundred sixty-four million seven hundred thirty. Write in Indian System.
(iv) Write the diameter in words of Arcturus star’s in the International System
(v) Write the difference of the diameters of Canopus and Arcturus stars in the Indian and the International Systems

Answer 1

(i) 2,59,41,900

25,941,900

Indian System: Two crore fifty-nine lakh forty one thousand nine hundred.

International System: Twenty-five million nine hundred forty-one thousand nine hundred.

(ii) 5,50,500

(iii) 864,000,730 (86,40,00,730)

Eighty-six crore forty lakh seven hundred thirty

(iv) 19,888,800 – Nineteen million eight hundred eighty eight thousand eight hundred

(v) Indian System: 60,53,100 – Sixty lakh fifty three thousand one hundred

International System: 6,053,100 – Six million fifty-three thousand one hundred.