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Common Core · 5th grade

5.NBT.A.1

Understand that each place in a number is worth 10 times the place to its right and 1/10 of the place to its left.

Strategies

Strategy · 4th grade, 5th grade
Why does the decimal point "move" when you multiply by 10?
When you multiply by 10, every digit moves one place to the left on a place value chart, because each place is worth 10 times the place to its right. Dividin…

Worksheets

Worksheet · 5th grade
Powers of 10 and place value
Multiply and divide by 10, 100, and 1,000, use exponents, write decimals in expanded form, and compare decimals.