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Arizona Math Standard: 5.NBT.A.2

Explain patterns in the number of zeros of the product when multiplying a number by powers of 10, and explain patterns in the placement of the decimal point when a decimal is multiplied or divided by a power of 10.

How Many Will There Be? Chip Off The Block
How Many Will There Be? Chip Off The Block
Give kids a taste of a sequence, let them build an understanding, and then see how far their predictions can take them.
Gr 1-5
How Many Will There Be? Earthworm
How Many Will There Be? Earthworm
Give kids a taste of a sequence, let them build an understanding, and then see how far their predictions can take them.
Gr 3-5
How Many Will There Be? Courtyard
How Many Will There Be? Courtyard
Give kids a taste of a sequence, let them build an understanding, and then see how far their predictions can take them.
Gr 2-6
How Many Will There Be? Checkerboard
How Many Will There Be? Checkerboard
Give kids a taste of a sequence, let them build an understanding, and then see how far their predictions can take them.
Gr 3-5
How Many Will There Be? Crosses
How Many Will There Be? Crosses
Give kids a taste of a sequence, let them build an understanding, and then see how far their predictions can take them.
Gr 1-5
How Many Will There Be? Squares in Squares
How Many Will There Be? Squares in Squares
Give kids a taste of a sequence, let them build an understanding, and then see how far their predictions can take them.
Gr 2-5
How Many Will There Be? Sliced Circles
How Many Will There Be? Sliced Circles
Give kids a taste of a sequence, let them build an understanding, and then see how far their predictions can take them.
Gr 1-5
How Many Will There Be? Xs and Os
How Many Will There Be? Xs and Os
Give kids a taste of a sequence, let them build an understanding, and then see how far their predictions can take them.
Gr 1-7
How Many Will There Be? Flowers
How Many Will There Be? Flowers
These flowers sure are getting bigger faster! How large will they be in step 10? What about step 50?
Gr 1-6
What If There Were No Hundreds Place?
What If There Were No Hundreds Place?
Imagine a world with no hundreds place. We’d have to call it ten tens instead. But then, what would we call the thousands place? How would we read 9999? What if we added one more?
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8
Exponents – How Low Can They Go?
Exponents – How Low Can They Go?
Using exponent patterns, can students predict what the 0th power will be?
Gr 3, 4, 5, 6, 8
Calculators, Patterns, and Multiplying By Decimals
Calculators, Patterns, and Multiplying By Decimals
Before teaching students the procedure for multiplying with decimals, how much can they intuitively glean from a structured play session with calculators?
Gr 3-7
Place Value (Beyond Base 10)
Place Value (Beyond Base 10)
Place value is something we cover in elementary school. It seems simple, but I’d wager that very few adults really understand the topic. I sure didn’t until I worked with non-base-10 number systems in college. Your students can get a taste of this mind-boggling experience by imagining what it would be like if we didn’t have the number 9. What would each digit represent then?
Gr 1-6
Math Curiosity: Odds & Squares
Math Curiosity: Odds & Squares
Why does the sum of the first 5 odds also equal 5 squared?
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
Doubling Dollars
Doubling Dollars
Say you have a dollar. Say you can double that dollar each day: $1, $2, $4, and so on. How long will it take to reach… one million dollars? Not as long as you might think!
Gr 2-8
Math Curiosity: Collatz Conjecture
Math Curiosity: Collatz Conjecture
The Collatz Conjecture: start with any number and get to 1 using just two rules. It seems to always work…
Gr 1-6
Math Project: What If I Bought Apple Stock Instead?
Math Project: What If I Bought Apple Stock Instead?
What if you had an original iPod and sold it compared to if you had bought the equivalent amount of Apple stock and sold that?
Gr 2-7