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Extend the pattern
Use the pattern to complete the missing rows.
Extend the pattern
Make up your own patterns
Use a single-digit number, then double- and triple-digit numbers.
Then use decimal numbers with one, two, and three decimal places.
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Explain the pattern
Why are these pairs equal?
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Explain the pattern
Why are these pairs equal?
There are 10 tenths in a whole, so there are 40 tenths in four wholes.
Dividing by a tenth shifts each digit one to the left into the column with a magnitude 10 times bigger.
Dividing by 10 shifts each digit one to the right into the column with a magnitude a tenth of the size.
Multiplying by 10 shifts each digit one to the left into the column with a magnitude 10 times bigger.
Multiplying by a tenth shifts each digit one to the right into the column with a magnitude a tenth of the size.
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Follow the pattern to fill in the table.
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10 flags
After you have filled in the flags and circles, make up your own chain of flags.
Source: SMILE Mathematics
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