Place Value Riddles
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Powers of Ten
100

I am a 5-digit number.

  • My 7 is worth 7 times 1,000.

  • My 3 is worth 30.

  • One of my 4s is worth 400.

  • My other 4 is worth 1/100 as much.

  • My other digit is an 8.

87,434

100

Make an estimate then solve using Traditional Multiplication.

48 x 6

288

100

Make an estimate, then solve using Partial Quotient Division

638 / 4

159 R 2

100

Maya is making friendship bracelets. She needs 36 inches of yarn for each large bracelet. If she buys a spool with 4 feet of yarn, how many inches of yarn does she have in total?

** 1 foot = 12 inches

48 inches

100

What is 10*10*10*10 in exponential notation?

10^4

200

I am a 6-digit number.

  • One of my 6s is worth 600,000.

  • The other 6 is worth 1/1,000 as much.

  • My 2 is worth 2 [10s].

  • My 9 is worth 900.

  • My 5 is worth 5.

  • My other digit is 0.

606,925

200

Make an estimate then solve using Traditional Multiplication.

324 x 7

2,268

200

Make an estimate, then solve using Partial Quotient Division

825 / 6

137 R 3

200

Leo is training for a track meet. His daily goal is to run 3 kilometers. How many meters will Leo run if he completes his daily goal?

** 1 kilometer = 1,000 meters

3,000 meters

200

What is 10^3 power written as the products of 10?

10*10*10

300

I am a 5-digit number.

  • One of my 2s is worth 20.

  • The other 2 is worth 100 times as much.

  • My 5 is worth 5 times 10,000.

  • My 8 is worth 800.

  • My other digit is a 1.

What number am I?

52,821

300

Make an estimate then solve using Traditional Multiplication.

62 x 14

868

300

Make an estimate, then solve using Partial Quotient Division

2,415 / 18

134 R 3

300

A punch bowl at the school party holds 2 gallons of fruit punch. How many cups of punch can be served from the punch bowl?

** 1 gallon = 16 cups

32 cups
300

What is 100,000 written in exponential notation?

10^5

400

I am a 6-digit number.

  • One of my 3s is worth 300.

  • The other 3 is worth 1,000 times as much.

  • My 8 is worth 80,000.

  • My 1 is worth 1.

  • My other two digits are 0.

830,301

400

Make an estimate then solve using Traditional Multiplication.

85 x 23

1,955

400

Make an estimate, then solve using Partial Quotient Division

3,852 / 25

154 R 2

400

Julian is building a wooden frame for a garden bed. The perimeter around his garden bed is 8 inches short of 12 feet. What is the perimeter around Julian's garden bed in inches?

** 1 foot = 12 inches

136 inches

400

What is 10^9 written in standard notation?

1,000,000,000

500

I am a 5-digit number.

  • My 8 is worth 8 times 100.

  • One of my 9s is worth 90.

  • The other 9 is worth 1/10 as much.

  • My 4 is worth 4 [10,000s].

  • My other digit is a 5.

45,899

500

Make an estimate then solve using Traditional Multiplication.

416 x 32

13,312

500

The 5th-grade teachers are packing 1,250 books into storage boxes for the summer. Each box can hold 24 books. How many boxes will they need to hold all of the books?

Answer with the following:

*Quotient

*Remainder

*What does the remainder represent?

*The teachers need ______ boxes

Quotient: 52

Remainder: 2

The remainder represents the 2 leftover books that need to be packed.

The teachers need 53 boxes.

500

Mia is cutting a piece of ribbon to wrap around a gift box. The total length of ribbon she needs is 2 feet short of 7 yards. What is the length of ribbon Mia needs in feet?

** 1 yard = 3 feet

19 feet

500

Marcus and Chloe were playing High-Number Toss. They created the numbers shown below. Write each player's number in standard notation. Name the player who won the round.

  • Marcus: 638 x 10^2

    • Standard notation: ____________

  • Chloe: 619 x 10^3

    • Standard notation: ____________

Who won? ____________

b. Explain how you wrote each number in standard notation.

Marcus: 63,800

Chloe: 619,000

Winner: Chloe