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Dividing By Powers of 10

Name: Tuesday, October 22 Directions: Roll the die to see what your exponent will be. Divide the number by the power of 10 and then create a pattern to show the numbers that are smaller than the one you rolled. Dividend Divisor as an exponent Divisor as a power of 10 Number Sentence Pattern 5 567,293 10 100,000 567,293 / 100,000 = 5.67,293 567,293 / 10 = 56729.3 567,293 / 100 = 5672.93 567,293 / 1,000 = 567.293 567,293 / 10,000 = 56.7293 567,293 / 100,000 = 5.67293 192,940 7,384,129 8,203,746 493,531 987,654 What patterns do you see? How does what you know about place value help you figure out those patterns?

Adapted from www.mindsteps.com Resources from the book Never Work Harder Thank Your Students by Robyn R. Jackson