SFAW Mathematics Chapter 1  Lesson 1-5  Page 14  
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Lesson 1-5
  Key Idea
There are many
patterns in our
system for naming
numbers.
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   Place-Value Patterns WARM UP
LEARN
Activity
 How are place values related?
a. Enter 1,000 into your calculator.
Divide by 10. Record your result.
Divide the result by 10 and record your result. Continue to do this 5 more times.
TEST TALK
b. Repeat part a by starting with each of the
following numbers.
  4,000 7,000 85,000
c. Place value can be used to name a number such
as 5,000 in different ways. Describe the patterns
you see in the table below.
Describe the patterns you see in the table
 5 thousands or 5 x 1,000
 50 hundreds or 50 x 100
 500 tens or 500 x 10
 5,000 ones or 5,000 x 1
d. Refer to the patterns in part c. Then complete each sentence
with ones, tens, hundreds, or thousands.
  3,000 is 30 ____. 7,000 is 700 ____.
  4,000 is 4,000 ____. 9,000 is 9 ____.
e. Use a calculator to find the products on the left.
Use the results to complete the sentences
on the right.
0.9 x 10 = ____ So, 9 = 0.9 x ____.
0.9 x 100 = ____ So, 90 = 0.9 x ____.
0.9 x 1,000 = ____ So, 900 = 0.9 x ____.
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