Channel 4 Learning



Programme 21: The Return of the Great Big Hen
Multiplying and dividing numbers by 10, 100 or 1000

Sad Man sings a song with the Great Big Hen to demonstrate the effect of multiplying a decimal number by ten. Bad Man introduces the Monster Machines that sing a couple of catchy songs containing useful rules for multiplying and dividing numbers by 10 or 100.
In the street, a passer-by is quite bewildered by Bad Man who tells him he has won a special prize. In the Great Hall the contestants complete the tasks and win their first maths card.

Viewers' Challenge

Which is bigger: 1mm x 10 x 100 OR1km divided by 1000?

Answers

Click on a letter below to choose an answer.

1mm x 10 x 100
1km divided by 1000
Both are the same