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Grade 5 · Number & Operations in Base Ten · 5.NBT.A.1

Place Value and Powers of Ten Worksheets

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Watch: Place Value Explained: Hundreds to Thousandths | Decimal Place Value Chart

Key idea

Digits move; the point stays. One place left is ten times as much, one place right is one tenth. The exponent of 10 says how many places.

Sample problems

Work out 3.4 × 10
Work out 3.4 × 100
Work out 3.4 × 1000
Work out 62 ÷ 10

Common mistakes to watch for

Answered 0.60 — the same amount as 0.6, so nothing was multiplied.
Answered 2.700 — zeros added rather than digits moved; or 27, reading the exponent as one place.
Answered 450 unchanged, or 0.450. Every wrong answer here is the same amount as the number started with, which is the give-away.

The answer key explains each one, so you can tell what a wrong answer means.

How to use this set

Teach with the slides (about 15 minutes), or watch the video together.
Practice with the worksheet. Questions climb from fluency to application to reasoning.
Check understanding with the exit ticket.
Mark with the answer key — each answer shows the steps and the most likely mistake.

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