Fact or Fib Showdown!

Place Value – 4th Grade

Fact or Fib #1

60,000,000 + 20,000 + 2,000,000 + 300 + 4,000 + 1 + 50 + 600,000,000 + 900,000 can be written in standard notation as:

662,924,351

FACT60,000,000 + 20,000 + 2,000,000 + 300 + 4,000 + 1 + 50 + 600,000,000 + 900,000 can be written in standard notation as:

662,924,351

What strategy can help?

Fact or Fib #2

The thousands place is 10 times larger than the hundreds place, and the ten thousands place is 10 times larger than the thousands place.

FACTEvery time you move to the left in place value, you are multiplying by 10. So, the ten thousands place is ten times larger than the thousands place and the thousands place is ten times larger than the hundreds place.

Fact or Fib #3

The ten-millions place is 1/10 the value of the millions place.

FIBThe ten-millions place is 10 times larger than the millions place.

The millions place is 1/10 the value of the ten-millions place.

Fact or Fib #4

(8 x 10,000) + (1 x 100,000) +(6 x 1,000) + (3 x 10,000,000) + (2 x 1,000,000) + (5 x 10) +

(4 x 1) is the correct expanded notation for 32,186,054.

FACT(8 x 10,000) + (1 x 100,000) +(6 x 1,000) +

(3 x 10,000,000) + (2 x 1,000,000) + (5 x 10) + (4 x 1) is the correct expanded notation for 32,186,054.

What strategy could you use to help you figure this out?

Fact or Fib #5

35,527,897 > 35,527,987

FIB35,527,897 < 35,527,987

TM M Hth Tth Th H T O

3 5, 5 2 7, 8 9 7

3 5, 5 2 7, 9 8 7

Fact or Fib #7

Point P on the number line below has a value of 1.2.

FACTPoint P on the number line below has a value of 1.2.

Fact or Fib #8

Point R on the number line below has a value of 7.4.

7.0 8.0

FIBPoint R on the number line below has a value of 7.44.

7.0 8.0

Fact or Fib #9

In the following dollar amount, there is a 8 in the tenths place:

$6.89

FactIn the following dollar amount, there is a 8 in the tenths place:

$6.89

Fact or Fib #10

If the following 100th grid represents one whole, the value of the following is .65:

FactIf the following 100th grid represents one whole, the value of the following is .65:

Fact or Fib #11

The following are in order from greatest to least:

.47, .68, .72, .81

FIB

The following are in order from least to greatest:

.47, .68, .72, .81

Fact or Fib #12

The mass of a cookie is 2.24 grams. It can be written in standard notation as 2(.10) + 2(1) + 4(.01).

FACTThe mass of a cookie is 2.24 grams. It can be written in standard notation as 2(.10) + 2(1) + 4(.01).

What is the trick?

Fact or Fib #13

The value of the digit 7 in 2,173,244 is 1/10 of the value of the digit 7 in 2,782,123.

FACT

The value of the digit 7 in 2,173,244 is 1/10 of the value of the digit 7 in 2,782,123.

Fact or Fib #14

The amount $321.52 can be written in expanded notation as:

(3x100) + (2x10) + (1x1) + (5x10) + (2x1)

FIBThe amount $321.52 can be written in expanded notation as:

(3x100) + (2x10) + (1x1) + (5x10) + (2x1) wrong

(3x100) + (2x10) + (1x1) + (5x.10) + (2x.01) correct

Fact or Fib #15

The length below is shown to be 30.4 cm.

FIBThe length below is shown to be 34 cm.