Place Value: Musical Digits

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Subject Area

Mathematics

Grade(s)

4

Overview

Learn about place value and the base-10 number system. This video focuses on using what you know about place value to determine what value each of the three digits represents.

Mathematics (2019) Grade(s): 4

MA19.4.6

Using models and quantitative reasoning, explain that in a multi-digit whole number, a digit in any place represents ten times what it represents in the place to its right.

UP:MA19.4.6

Vocabulary

  • Quantitative reasoning
  • Place value
  • Division
  • Multiplication
  • Multi-digit
  • Represents

Knowledge

Students know:
  • that in a multi-digit whole number, a digit in one place represents ten times what it represents in the the place to its right.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Use models to explain how a digit in any place is ten times what the digit represents in the place to its right.
  • Use reasoning to explain how a digit in any place is related to what the digit represents in the place to its right.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Each place value represents a different sized unit.
  • When comparing the place values of digits in successive place values, the place value of the digit on the left is 10 times the place value of the digit on the right.

CR Resource Type

Audio/Video

Resource Provider

PBS

License Type

Custom

Accessibility

Video resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles
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