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Scaling with Powers of Ten

Scaling with Powers of Ten

Year 6
Number & Place Value
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Curriculum
6NPV–1: Understand the relationship between powers of 10 from 1 hundredth to 10 million, and use this to make a given number 10, 100, 1,000, 1 tenth, 1 hundredth or 1 thousandth times the size (multiply and divide by 10, 100 and 1,000).
This concept is crucial for understanding scaling and size in mathematics, allowing students to manipulate numbers across different scales with ease.
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Resources
Hugo Cheyneover 1 year ago
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-fifth-grade-math/powers-of-ten/imp-multiplying-and-dividing-with-powers-of-10/v/multiplying-and-dividing-by-powers-of-10

Interactive exercises and videos. Lesson 1 and lesson 2 cover multiplying and dividing whole numbers and decimals by 10, 100 and 1000, and lesson 3 and 4 introduce the concept of powers of 10.

Hugo Cheyneover 1 year ago
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zmk72v4#znncg7h

Overview of this topic from BBC Bitesize, focused on moving place value to the left and to the right, with a quiz at the end that has good questions but is just simple multiple choice.

Required Topics
Not started IconPlace Value with Decimals
Next Topics
Not started IconAdvanced Place Value Understanding
Not started IconApplying Arithmetic Properties in Calculations