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Powers of 10 and Exponents Song

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Powers of 10 and Exponents Song
4 min5th6thMath
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Summary

“Powers of 10 and Exponents Song” is a NUMBEROCK animated math music video about powers of ten and exponents. Catchy and quick to drop into a math warm-up, mini-lesson, or review center.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

As math grows up, we use symbols and rules -- variables, expressions, exponents, and the coordinate plane -- to describe how numbers relate.

  1. What new symbol or rule does this song introduce?
  2. How does it stand in for a number or an operation?
  3. Can you write or solve one example like the song's?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: variable, expression, equation, rule, value.

Try it: Write one example from the song and solve it or explain what each part means.