Vocabulary
What is a decimal point?
A decimal point is the dot that you put to the right of the ones place and left of the tenths place.
Which is larger? 0.21 or 0.7?
0.7 is greater than 0.21
What is 0.61 rounded to the nearest tenth?
0.6 "six tenths"
Write 1.09 as a fraction on your whiteboard
1 9/100 OR 109/100
What is a decimal?
A decimal is a part of a whole, similar to a fraction. It is represented by a whole number to the right of a decimal point.
Look at the pattern and find the missing digit
1.01 1.11 1.21 1._1 1.41 1.51
3 tenths is the missing digit
How do you know when to round up or when to round down?
You look at the digit to the right of the place where you are rounding. If its 5 or up then you round up, if its 4 or down then you round down!
How many tenths is in the decimal 0.85?
8 tenths
Where is the hundredths place and what does it represent?
The hundredths place is located 2 right of the decimal point, one right of the tenths place, and it represents x/100
correct answer
3
Find the equivalent fraction over 10 or 100
3/4
75/100
What is simplest form and how do you find it? Give an example.
Simplest form is when a fraction is expressed in its smallest form. You can find it by factoring or dividing. 10/100 can be reduced to 1/10 at its simplest form
Place these in order on a number line on your board
-1.10
- 0.39
-0.60
-1.09
-0.75
correct answer
What is a decimal, to the hundredths place, that would round to 24 as a whole number?
student answer
Write this fraction as a decimal
7/25
0.28
The unit price is the cost of one item, so if a pack of 10 bracelets is $10 then the unit price is 1 bracelet= $1
Use the digits 1, 8, 7, 4 to create a decimal with the greatest value
0.8741
?/10 + 4/100 = 54/100
Fill in the missing number. Can you write this in decimal form? How?
5
0.54
Write this expression as a decimal:
3/1 + 4/10 + 12/100
3.52