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10x Light Years Away

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Game Info for Teachers

COMBINED RATING

4.2 Stars

TEACHERS (57)

4.3

STUDENTS (12435)

4.0

LENGTH

14 Minutes

GRADES

CAPABILITIES

iPad Support

Spanish Language Support

Text-to-Speech Support

Description

In 10x Light Years Away you'll take the role of faithful cat and dog companions Tapioca and Congo in their quest to defend their spaceship from enemy attacks and reach the depths of space! Through learning about multiplication and division and their correct notation, you’ll help these intrepid adventurers across the biggest adventure they have ever lived!

Vocabulary Words

base 10 system

equal

multiply

divide

multiplicand

hundredth

tenth

fractional numbers

one tenth

one hundredth

whole

Instructions

Play through this interactive game to learn about Understand Place Value. Suitable for Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5.

Main Concepts

Dividing by 10 moves the multiplicand one place to the left.

In the base 10 system, the value of each place is 10 times the value of the place to the immediate right.

In the base 10 system, the value of each place is 1/10 the value of the place to the immediate left.

Multiplying by 10 moves the multiplicand one place to theright. If it is a single digit number then the imagined 0’s are placed in the ones place.

Use visuals with 1/10th partitioned squares and 1/100 partitioned square models.

One tenth and one hundredth refer to that fraction of one whole not the entire number (if greater than 1).

10 tens = 1 hundred but 10 tenths does not equal one hundredth (common misconception).

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

Is a decimal smaller or larger than a whole number? Is a fraction smaller or larger than a whole number? What does it mean if you multiply numbers? What does it mean if you divide numbers? What is the value of the number multiplied by when moving left in the place value system? What happens to the multiplicand when multiplied by 10? What happens to the multiplicand when divided by 10?

After the Game

What is added to the number when you divide 53 by 10? How many can you have out of a hundred to have 17 hundredths? How many do you have when it is asking for one whole out of 100? How many do you select for 5/10? How did you decide if you needed to divide or multiply by 10 in the beginning of the game? Is a decimal number greater than or less than a whole number? How did the game show you this? When changing 7841 to .7841 what did dividing by 10 do to the number? How did they look different?