Multiplying by powers of 10
Dividing by Powers of 10
Customary Conversion
Metric Conversions
Story Problems
100

Find the product:  1.63 x 103

What is 1,630?

100

Find the quotient:  17.98 ÷ 103 =

What is 0.01798?

100

Suzie is 5 fteet 3 inches tall.  How tall is Suzie in inches? (Note: 1 foot = 12 inches)

What is 63 inches?

100

15 milliliters are __________ liters? 

(Note: King Henry Strategy or 1 L = 1000 mL)

What is 0.015 liters?

100

Juniper is reading a bar graph, she found that there were 2,000 people surveyed.  How could Juniper write the number of people surveyed as a power of 10?

What is 2 x 103?

200

Find the missing exponent:  89.76 x 10= 897.6

What is 101?

200

Find the missing exponent:  29.91 ÷ 10? = 0.2991

What is 102?

200

How many hours are in 3 days and 4 hours?

(Note: 24 hours = 1 day)

What is 76 hours?

200

7.2 grams = ___________ milligrams

(Note: 1 gram = 1000 milligrams) or (Use your King Henry strategy)


What is 7200 milligrams?

200

Ms. Porterfield had 4200 grams of candy.  She gave 625 grams of candy to each of the 4 groups of students.  She put the remaining candy in a jar.  How many Kilograms of candy did Ms. Porterfield put in the jar?

What is:  Ms. Porterfield put 1.7 Kilograms of candy in the jar?

300

Which pair of numbers, when written in the blanks, best completes the equation? _______x 102 = ______

4.2 and 42   or   42 and 4200

What is 42 and 4200?

300

Which pair of numbers when written in the blanks, best completes the equation _______÷ 103 = ________

720 and 7.2   or   72000 and 72

What is 72000 and 72?

300

3 Tons = ____________pounds

(Note: 1 Ton = 2,000 pounds)

What is 6,000 pounds?

300
Help Nadir convert 78.9 Kilometers to meters.

(Note: 1 Kilometer = 1000 meters) 

Use your King Henry Strategy!

What is 78900 meters?

300

Amber has $1.19 and Kimberly has $11.90.  Which is true about the amount of money Amber and Susan have?   

Amber has 10 times the amount of money Kimberly has  

or  

Amber has 1/10 of the money Kimberly has.

What is Amber has 1/10 of the money Kimberly has.

400

Sally has 23 pencils and Jake has 10 times as many pencils as Sally.  How many pencils does Jake have?

What is 230 pencils?

400

Pam has 98 beads and Ada has 980 beads.  How does the amout of beads Pam has compare with the amount of beads Ada has?

Pam has 1/10 the amout of beads that Ada has.

400

Hank is 6 ft. 3 in. tall.  Justin is 76 in. tall.  Who is taller and by how much? (Note: 1 ft = 12 in)

What is: Justin is taller by 1 inch?

400

If there are 789.3 milliliters of juice in a cup, how many liters are in the cup? 

(Note: 1 Liter = 1,000 milliliters) 

Use your King Henry Strategy!

What is 0.7893 Liters?

400

Mr. Hodge has a 3-liter container of coffee.  He drinks 6 cups of coffee that have exactly 200 mililiters in each cup. How many liters are coffee left in his container?

What is 1.8 Liters are left in the container?

500

The 5th grade class at Cold Springs Elementary School is going to the zoo. There are 720 students and 10 adults.  How could the total number of students and adults be written as a power of 10?

What is 73 x 10?

500

Which pair of numbers, when written in the blanks, best completes the equation?    _______÷ 104 = _____

890 and 0.0890  or   89 and 0.0890

What is 890 and 0.0890?

500

You are asked to work at the Forsythe County Fair over Fall Break. If you work for 79 hours, how many days and hours did you work? 

(Note: 24 hours = 1 day)

What is 3 days and 7 hours?

500

Cami's mom poured a 2-liter container with lemonade into 5 glasses.  Each glass had 300 milliliters of lemonade. How many Liters of lemonade remain in the container? (Note: 1 L = 1,000 mL)

What is 0.5 liters?

500

Kylie is reading a graph, 3,000 people walk to work, 500 people ride a bike and 700 people drive to work.

How would you write how many people walk or drive to work as a power of 10?

What is 3.7 x 103?

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