Welcome to
Double Churches’
MATH TRAIL
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Math
Trail Station # 2
Check that you have
everything you need for this station:
pencil - paper - place value chart
MATH TRAIL
# 2
At
this station you will be working with PLACE VALUE. Place value determines the meaning or value
of a digit. In the Arabic number system
(the system that we use) there are only
ten digits: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, and 0. It is amazing to think that we can make a
number of any value using only these ten digits and the place value
system. In place value the digit
furthest to the right of a number is the ones (or units) place, next is the
tens, then the hundreds. We keep repeating these labels in different “periods” that are separated by commas. The furthermost right period is the ones, then the thousands, then the millions,
and so on. Using this system, we can
make an unlimited amount of numbers.
YOUR TASK:
Look
at the room numbers for the “Kindergarten Wing” at Double Churches School.
The rooms are numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4.
Make all the numbers that you can using these 4 digits. Remember, so that you won’t stay at this
station forever, to use each digit only once in each number that you
create. What number did you make that
had the highest value? What number did
you make that had the smallest value?