5Th Grade: Complex Questions for Test Prep on the Pivotal Standards
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5th Grade: Complex Questions for Test Prep on the Pivotal Standards
Standard: 5.NBT.1 Recognize that in a multi-digit number, a digit in one place represents 10 times as much as it represents in the place to its right and 1/10 of what it represents in the place to its left.
Teacher Note:
Conferring focus question: Ask students why when you multiply times 1/10 does your answer get smaller. For example, what is the relationship between 85 and 8?
1. A manufacturer made 7,234 boxes of coffee stirrers. Each box contains 1000 stirrers. How many stirrers did they make?
A. 7,234,000
B. 7,234
C. 723,400
D. 723.4
2. 2.46 ÷ 10 =
A. 0.246
B. 24.6
C. 2,460
D. 246
3. Mr. White’s microscope has a setting that magnifies an object so that it appears 1000 times as large when viewed through the eyepiece. If a tiny insect is 0.085 cm long, how long will the insect appear in centimeters through the microscope?
A. .85cm
B. 85cm
C. .0085cm
D. 8.5cm
4. 3.452 x 100 =
5. Canada has a population that is about 1/10 as large as the United States. If Canada’s population is about 32 million, about how many people live in the United States?
- 3,200,000
- 32,000
- 320,000,000
- 3,200
Worked Example
Question # 3- Mr. White’s microscope has a setting that magnifies an object so that it appears 1000 times as large when viewed through the eyepiece. If a tiny insect is 0.085 cm long, how long will the insect appear in centimeters through the microscope?
A. .85cm
B. 85cm
C. .0085cm
D. 8.5cm
Discussion with your partner: Do the models and tools I am using help me make sense of the problem and attend to precision?
Set 205.NBT.1 – place value