Curated OER
Multiplying by Positive Powers of Ten (B)
In this powers of ten worksheet, students multiply two-digit numbers by whole numbers ranging from 1 to 10,000. This one-page worksheet contains 50 problems, with answers.
Curated OER
Periods, Places, and Powers of Ten, OH MY!
Students label a chart that includes place value periods (units, thousands,
millions, billions), places, and examples of each place value in powers of ten. They then show knowledge of how place value relates to power of ten by reading 8...
Curated OER
Powers of Ten
Young scholars make paper ten strips using graph paper. They add them together to depict the powers of ten.
Curated OER
10 Huh?
Students use powers of ten to make reasonable estimations for list of questions. They share their problem solving techniques with the class.
Government of Alberta
Learn Alberta: Math Interactives: Patterning the Powers of 10
This interactive Learn Alberta math resource offers a hands-on exploration of positive and negative exponents. In particular, students will work on completing patterns of base 10 exponents in a variety of forms, then look at these in the...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: The Laws of Exponents
This lesson plan walks young scholars through understanding and applying laws of exponents. It gives an assessment and ideas for remediation, extension as well as ways to manage behavior problems and reluctant learners.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: "Power"ful Patterns
In this activity, middle schoolers investigate the relationship between multiplication with repeated factors and the use of exponents. Students will connect "powers of ten" to place value positions.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Understanding Moving the Decimal
In this exercise, students practice understanding moving the decimal when multiplying or dividing by 10. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to get hints and try questions repeatedly.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Scientific Notation Values
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students take values and write them in scientific notation. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Powers of Ten
In this exercise, students practice using powers of ten. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to get hints and try questions repeatedly.
Optical Society
Optical Society of America: Optics for Kids: Perspectives: Powers of 10
A drawing and measuring activity to give students an appreciation of magnitude in powers of ten, and of microscopes. Students draw themselves and an object life-size, and then examine smaller and smaller pieces of their picture.
Chiral Publishing
Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Scientific Notation [Pdf]
Learn step by step instructions on how to express numbers in scientific notation. Discover the rules to scientific notation and view several examples of numbers being expressed in scientific notation.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Understanding Moving the Decimal
Give the number of tens a number is being multiplied or divided by when the decimal is moved to the left or right. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Common Core Sheets
Common Core Sheets: Number and Operations in Base Ten 5.nbt.2 Worksheets
Print or create worksheets or flashcards to assess students' understanding of the place value system.
Common Core Sheets
Common Core Sheets: Expressions & Equations 8.ee.3 Worksheets
Print or create worksheets to assess students' understanding of radicals and integer exponents.
Homeschool Math
Homeschool Math: Dividing Decimals by Decimals
This is a complete lesson with a video [7:56], instruction, and exercises about dividing decimals by decimals.
Quia
Ixl Learning: Exponents
Brush up on your math skills relating to exponents then try some practice problems to test your understanding.
Florida State University
Florida State University: Molecular Expressions: Secret Worlds: The Universe Within
Animation going from the Milky Way all the way down to inside an atom by powers of ten. This animation helps illustrate and quantify the powers of ten.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mn Step: String Scientific Notation/metric System Demonstration
An activity where students must order cards labeled with scientific notation on a number line. The purpose is to ensure that they comprehend how raising the power of ten even by one has a very big effect on the value.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Algebra Review: Powers of 10
Find a quick, concise explanation of the positive and negative exponents of the powers of 10. A table of examples are given and clearly explained.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Dividing Decimals by Powers of Ten
[Free Registration/Login Required] This chart was designed to go in tandem with a lesson on multiplying decimals by powers of ten. It uses a dog named Decimal and you take him for a walk. Activotes assess comfort and understanding of...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Multiplying Decimals by a Power of Ten
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson uses a dog named Decimal to introduce the concept of moving the decimal point to simplify multiplying a decimal by a power of ten. It uses Activotes to check for understanding of the concept.
Math Slice
Math Slice: Scientific Notation: Math Worksheets
This tool allows you to create worksheets where students write numbers using standard and scientific notation.
Math Aids
Math Aids: Percent Worksheets
Great resource to practice and strengthen math skills pertaining to percents. Math worksheets are printable, may be customized, and include answer keys.