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Powers of 10 and their multiples

I can identify and explain patterns in powers of ten.

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Powers of 10 and their multiples

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Key learning points

  1. One million is composed of one thousand thousands.
  2. The powers of 10 are the column headings in a place value chart.
  3. Each column is ten times the value of the column to its right.

Keywords

  • Powers of 10 - A power of 10 is when 10 is multiplied by itself a certain number of times.

  • Million - One million is composed of one thousand thousands. We write one million as a one followed by six zeros.

Common misconception

Children may not appreciate the size of one million or that it is composed of 1,000 thousands. Children may find grasping the concept of 'power of 10' tricky.

Use the place value chart and place value counters to represent the composition of one million. Use the stem sentences: 'One million is composed of 1,000 thousands' and 'Each column is ten times the value to that on its right'.

Have a go at building a 1 m x 1 m x 1 m cube using 12 metre rulers to demonstrate that 1,000,000 ones blocks fit inside that cube. Be aware that children need to be secure with unitising to use PV counters.
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6 Questions

Q1.
What number would come next in the sequence? 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000
Correct Answer: 5,000, 5000
Q2.
Ten hundreds is equivalent to ___
10
100
Correct answer: 1,000
10,000
100,000
Q3.
Insert a number to make this correct. 23 tens are equivalent to
Correct Answer: 230
Q4.
One thousand is ten times the size of ___
1
10
Correct answer: 100
1,000
10,000
Q5.
One thousand is one-tenth times the size of ___
1
10
100
1,000
Correct answer: 10,000
Q6.
One million is equivalent to 10 groups of
Correct Answer: 100,000, one hundred thousand, 100000

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6 Questions

Q1.
One million is thousands.
Correct Answer: 1,000, 1000, one thousand, a thousand
Q2.
Which power of 10 is missing in this sequence? 0.1 1 10 1,000 10,000
Correct Answer: 100
Q3.
Match the numeral to its number word.
Correct Answer:0.01,one hundredth

one hundredth

Correct Answer:1,000,one thousand

one thousand

Correct Answer:10,000,ten thousand

ten thousand

Correct Answer:100,000,one hundred thousand

one hundred thousand

Correct Answer:1,000,000,one million

one million

Correct Answer:10,000,000,ten million

ten million

Q4.
10 hundred thousands are equivalent to
100
1,000
10,000
100,000
Correct answer: 1,000,000
Q5.
Insert a number to make this correct. 15 hundred thousand is equivalent to
Correct Answer: 1,500,000, 1500000
Q6.
70,000,000 made one hundredth times the size is
700
7,000
70,000
Correct answer: 700,000
7,000,000