Lesson 5

Stack Up

Est. Class Sessions: 2

Daily Practice and Problems

Teacher Notes
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TIMS Task

Ming traveled about 4000 kilometers one way on each trip.
4000 kilometers × 10 trips = 40,000 kilometers.

40,000 kilometers × 1000 meters = 40,000,000 meters

40,000,000 meters × 100 centimeters = 4,000,000,000 centimeters

V. Many Centimeters

Ming and his family travel to New York from Los Angeles 5 times per year. If the distance from New York to Los Angeles is 3944 kilometers, about how many kilometers does Ming travel each year during these trips? How many centimeters does Ming travel? Show or tell how you solved your problem.

100 cm = 1 meter

1000 meters = 1 kilometer