Max Maths, Year 5, Try it Multiplying numbers by 10 or 100 (1)

In a Year 5 mathematics lesson from Max Maths, students are challenged to practise their understanding of multiplying numbers by 10 or 100. The first task requires pupils to multiply the number 379 by 100. To visualise this, they begin by writing the number in a place-value chart under the columns for ones, tens, and hundreds. Then, to represent the number when it is 100 times larger, they place it in a second chart, shifting each digit two places to the left to fill the thousands and ten thousands places, illustrating the expansion of the number's value as a result of multiplication by 100.

The second activity involves making the number 2,681 ten times larger. Students start by writing this number in a place-value chart, aligning each digit with the ones, tens, hundreds, and thousands columns. Following this, they show the result of multiplying 2,681 by 10 in a second chart. This time, each digit moves one place to the left to represent the number's increase in magnitude by a factor of ten. The third task is similar, where pupils are asked to multiply the number 694 by 10 and display the outcome in the place-value charts, reinforcing the concept of place-value shifts when numbers are multiplied by powers of ten.