Exploring Place Value Concepts

Todd shares a story to teach place value, where a mayor meets four families with unique names representing units, thousands, millions, and billions. Each family has a boy named Tins, a frog named Ones, and a mom named Hundreds. The mayor learns to distinguish them by their last names, illustrating the concept of place value.

What was the first action the mayor took to populate the city?

• He advertised in newspapers.

• He invited his friends to live there.

• He built a shopping mall.

• He built four houses.

What unique name did the first boy introduce himself as?

• Tens

• Ones

• Units

• Hundreds

What was the pet frog's name in every house?

• Tens

• Ones

• Hundreds

• Units

What did the mayor initially think was happening with the boys in different houses?

• They were lost.

• They were playing a trick on him.

• They were all related.

• They were ghosts.

What solution did the mayor come up with to differentiate the families?

• Asking for their hobbies

• Learning their last names

• Giving them name tags

• Painting their houses different colors

What is the last name of the first family the mayor learned?

• Millions

• Units

• Thousands

• Billions

What did the mayor realize after meeting all the families?

• He had met magical creatures.

• He should move to another city.

• He needed to assign last names for differentiation.

• He needed a better way to remember names.

What was the last name of the family that was hesitant to share it?

• Millions

• Billions

• Thousands

• Units

How does the story relate to place values?

• The mayor's name is a metaphor for mathematics.

• Each family represents a different city.

• The names and last names represent place value positions.

• The number of houses represents numerical values.

What does each family's last name represent in terms of place value?

• A place value position

• A specific numerical value

• A mathematical operation

• A random assignment