5.NBT.A.1

Bridgette's Place Values & Digits

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Game Info for Teachers

COMBINED RATING

4.2 Stars

TEACHERS (5)

4.6

STUDENTS (1682)

3.7

LENGTH

14 Minutes

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CAPABILITIES

iPad Support

Spanish Language Support

Text-to-Speech Support

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Description

Help Bridgette sort crates in the warehouse while learning about place values and digits.

Vocabulary Words

place value

digits

ten times

one tenth

ones

tens

hundreds

thousands

ten-thousands

sum

tenths

dividing

multiplying

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.

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.

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

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

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

What is the difference in a whole number and a decimal number? What is the difference between ones, tens, hundreds, and thousands? What is the place value of the digits moving to the left of the ones place?

After the Game

Why would you need to move the decimal in the number? How do you know when to move the decimal point and why? Explain how you solved .01 x 10 in your head? How did you know if you needed to move the decimal to the right or left when multiplying and dividing?