5th Grade Math Lesson Powers of 10 Multiply and Divide by Powers of 10
About This Product
This simple math lesson will help your middle grades students understand how to multiply & divide by powers of ten.
It is a great way to address 5th grade math common standards in Numbers in Base Ten: A.1 and A.2.
How to Use:
Kinaesthetic Lesson Idea:
When I introduce this lesson, I take some pieces of construction paper and write a single digit, a decimal place, or a zero on each one.
I have some students come up to the front of the room to hold the cards.
Then they physically move around to slide the the decimal place card to another spot, or to add or remove zero cards.
This lets the rest of the class easily see and visualize this math in action.
For example, if I had four students holding cards with a 5, a 2, a 0, and a decimal, and I asked them to divide by 10, they would move to show 52.0 instead of 520.
After the hands-on math lesson, we go through the handout page as a class- filling in the blanks and learning the rules for multiplying & dividing by powers of ten.
Finally, the students will complete the practice section of the worksheet independently.
Early finishers can create their own word problems that involve multiplying or dividing by powers of 10 to share during the wrap-up of the lesson.
Answer Key Included
Grades to Use With:
This lesson is designed to meet 5th grade learning standards, but it could also be used with grade 4 students, or in a split class, or as a review in 6th and 7th grade.
What's Included:
A total of 4 pages in PDF format: Ready to Print and Use!
Teacher Instructions
2-Page Student Handout and Worksheet
Answer Key
Standards: 5th Grade Numbers in Base 10 Standards A.1 and A.2
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