Find out what Mrs. Abernethy's fifth graders, the Futuristic Foxes, are learning in math.
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Place Value to Decillion
In every house lives a dad, a mom, and their kids. The first house has no last name, but the second house is named thousands. The third house is named millions. After that, use prefixes to memorize the families on the street.
bi = 2 = billion (bicycle)
tri = 3 = trillion (tricycle)
quad = 4 = quadrillion (quad or four-wheeler)
quint = 5 = quintillion (quintuplets)
sex = 6 = sextillion (sextuplets)
sept = 7 = septillion (September used to be the 7th month before Julius and Augustus Caesar added July and August)
oct = 8 = octillion (October)
non = 9 = nonillion (November)
dec = 10 = decillion (December)
Monday, September 21, 2015
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