Access Point #: MAFS.5.NBT.1.AP.2a (Archived Access Point)


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Identify what an exponent represents (e.g., 10³= 10X10X10).

Clarifications:

Essential Understandings

Concrete:

  • Locate the exponent on a given number.
  • Use manipulatives or objects to demonstrate exponents.
Representation:
  • Use repeated addition or multiplication to solve for the total value of a number with an exponent.
  • Understand the following concepts, symbols, and vocabulary for exponents: ×, exponent.

Number: MAFS.5.NBT.1.AP.2a Category: Access Points
Cluster: Understand the place value system. (Major Cluster)

Clusters should not be sorted from Major to Supporting and then taught in that order. To do so would strip the coherence of the mathematical ideas and miss the opportunity to enhance the major work of the grade with the supporting clusters.

Related Standards

Name Description
MAFS.5.NBT.1.2: Explain patterns in the number of zeros of the product when multiplying a number by powers of 10, and explain patterns in the placement of the decimal point when a decimal is multiplied or divided by a power of 10. Use whole-number exponents to denote powers of 10.



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