Place Value and Powers of Ten

Grade 445 minutes5.NBT.A.1 Recognize that in a multi-digit number, a digit in one place represents 10 times as much as it represents in the place to its right and 1/10 of what it represents in the place to its left.

Learning Objective

I can demonstrate that a digit in one place represents 10 times as much as it does in the place to its right.

Practice Questions

This lesson includes 7 practice questions to reinforce learning.

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1. What is the value of the digit 5 in the number 5,432? Explain how it relates to the place value system.

2. If you have the number 3,000, what is the value of the digit 3? How would this value change if the number were 300?

3. Write the number 70 in expanded form using powers of 10.

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