Place Value and Multiplying Using Powers of 10 5th Grade

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What is place value?

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Place value is the value of a digit based on its position in a number. For example, in the number 345, the digit 3 is in the hundreds place, so its value is 300.

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What does multiplying by 10 do to a number?

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Multiplying a number by 10 shifts all digits one place to the left, increasing its value by a factor of 10.

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What is the exponent in the expression 10^3?

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The exponent 3 indicates that 10 is multiplied by itself three times: 10 x 10 x 10 = 1000.

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How do you express 12,000 using powers of 10?

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12,000 can be expressed as 12 x 10^3.

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What is the product of 122.96 x 10^2?

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The product is 12,296.

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What is the product of 12 x 10^2?

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The product is 1,200.

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What is the product of 277 x 10^3?

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The product is 277,000.

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What is the product of 24.56 x 1000?

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The product is 24,560.

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How do you find the missing exponent in a number expressed in powers of 10?

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To find the missing exponent, express the number in standard form and identify how many places the decimal point has moved.

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What is the value of 10^0?

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10^0 equals 1, as any number raised to the power of zero is 1.