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Power in Numbers
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From left, Hope Broge, Keegan Dickson, and Amber Cebrero are getting the hang of it.

Fifth grade math students at Northside Elementary School in Monroe work in groups. 

They use calculators to multiply and divide by powers of 10. Later they describe and explain patterns they observe in the placement of the decimal point.