Place Value Refresher September 8, 2014

Warm-up 1.2.

Place Value: Essential Question: Why is understanding place value so important when solving problems?  Glue your chart into your journal.  Decimals show part of a whole.  The decimal point separates the ones place and the tenths place.  The decimal says the word “and”.

Practice  You and your partner will compete against the rest of the class to see how many of you can put the cups in order by the correct place value. The number will flash across the screen in words. You and your partner must decide the number and turn the cups the first group who has the correct answer wins the point.

 Eight hundred fifty seven and ninety one hundreds.  or

 Three and One Hundred Fifty One Thousandths  3.151

 Twenty nine and Ninety Six Hundredths  29.96

 Three hundred twenty five and One Hundred Fifty Eight Thousandths 

 Four hundred and five and Eight Hundred Seventy Four Thousandths 

 Forty and Ninety Two Thousandths 

 Three hundred and three and Eight Hundreds Thirty One Thousandths 

Comparing whole numbers  Remember when comparing numbers we must look at the place value we can not just look at how many numbers it has.  For example which is larger  or  or  or 2.8

Exit  On the post it  Write down which number is larger  or