Place Value & Powers of Ten
The value of the digit 5 in the number 452 is ___ times the value of the digit 5 in the number 45.
10 times
How many pints are in 1 quart?
2 pints
100 centimeters = ___ meters
1 meter
A rope is 6 feet long. How many inches long is it?
72 inches
Multiply: 50 × 1,000 = ?
Explain the pattern in the number of zeros when multiplying by powers of ten.
Each power of ten adds one zero (or shifts digits one place to the left)
Convert 2 gallons into quarts
8 quarts
Convert 3,200 milliliters to liters
3.2 liters
A race is 5 kilometers long. How many meters is that?
5,000 meters
How many meters are in 0.7 kilometers?
700 meters
In the number 87.16, how does the value of the 1 in the tenths place compare to the 1 in 512.3?
1/100 the value
Which is greater: 5 pints or 3 quarts
3 quarts
John rode 2 km. Sally rode 3,000 meters. Who rode farther?
Sally (by 1 km)
A container holds 2 liters. How many milliliters is this?
2,000 milliliters
Divide 1973 by 103
1.973
Write 104 as a standard number.
10,000
Order these from least to greatest: 1 gallon, 2 quarts, 5 pints, 12 cups
12 cups, 5 pints, 2 quarts, 1 gallon
A fabric measures 3.9 meters. Convert that to centimeters.
390 cm
A baker used 3 gallons of milk. How many cups is that?
48 cups
Explain what happens to digits when dividing by powers of ten.
Digits shift to the right, one place each per power of ten
152 × 100 = ?
15,200
Lori made 1 gallon orange juice, 2 quarts grape juice, 5 pints pineapple juice, and 12 cups cranberry juice. How many quarts in all?
11 quarts
Divide 658.4 by a power of ten to get 6.584. Which power of ten was used?
100 or 102
A water bottle holds 250 milliliters. How many bottles of water are needed to fill a 1-liter container?
4 bottles
The digit 6 in 6,247 is worth how many times the value of the 6 in 2,643?
10 times more