Yellow Task Card Answers .
If available, use cubes to help you work through the problems below.
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1 cube= 1 unit
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10 cubes = 1 long
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10 longs = 1 flat
How many cubes make up one flat? Answer: 100 cubes; 102
If you stack ten flats to make a super-cube, how many cubes are needed to make a super-cube? Answer: 1,000 cubes; 103
If you line up ten super-cubes to make a super-long, how many unit cubes are needed to make a super-long? Answer: 10,000 cubes; 104
If you put ten super-longs to make a super-flat, how many unit cubes are needed to make a super-flat? Answer: 100,000 cubes; 105
If you put together ten super-flats to make a super-duper-cube, how many unit cubes are needed? Answer: 1,000,000 cubes; 106
How many unit cubes would it take to build a super-duper-long (10 super-duper-cubes)? Answer 10,000,000 cubes; 107
How many cubes would it take to build a super-duper-flat (10 super-duper-longs)? Answer 100,000,000 cubes; 108
How many cubes would it take to build an extra-super-duper-cube (10 super-duper-flats?) Answer: 1, 000,000,000; 109
Which of the super, super-duper, or extra-super-duper arrangements have more than a million cubes? More than a billion cubes? More than
a trillion cubes? Answer: More than a million- super-duper-long, super-duper- flat, extra super-duper-cube
More than a billion- none
More than a trillion- none
When you are done—
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Check your answers
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Move on to the next color if all of your answers are correct. If not, rework the problems that you missed.
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Prepared by: Joseph S. Renzulli
Expeditionary Learning