Patterns with Powers of Ten

Description

Explain patterns in zeros when multiplying by powers of 10 and in decimal-point placement when multiplying/dividing by a power of 10; use whole-number exponents to denote powers of 10 (e.g. 10³ = 1000)

Mastery Evidence

• ✓ Write 10⁴ = 10,000 and explain the exponent means four factors of 10
• ✓ Explain why 3.4 × 10² = 340 by describing the decimal shift
• ✓ Predict 2.56 × 10³ without calculating and explain the pattern