Unit 3 Decimals Grade 6
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Prerequisites 5.N.3 Understand the place value structure of the base ten number system 5.N.8 Read, write, and order decimals to thousandths 5.N.10 Compare decimals using <, >, or = 5.N.23 Use a variety of strategies to ASMD decimals to thousandths 5.N.24 Round numbers to nearest hundredth and up to ten thousand 5.N.26 Estimate sums, differences, products and quotients of decimals |
NYS Content Standards 6.N.20 Represent fractions as terminating or repeating decimals 6.N.21 Find multiple representations of rational numbers (fractions, decimals, and percents 0 to 100) 6.N.27 Justify the reasonableness of answers using estimation (including rounding) *Review measurement in fraction unit |
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decimal repeating decimal terminating decimal |
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* Equivalent forms of fractions and decimals exist * Between every two whole numbers there exists decimal values * The decimal and percent systems are based on the number 10 * Different forms (FDP) are more appropriate in particular situations |
* Identify a decimal as repeating or terminating * Change fractions, decimals, percents to their equivalent forms * Justify reasonableness of an answer using estimation *Add, subtract, multiply and divide decimals |
Decimals Grade 6 Timeline
Estimated Time Allotted Enrichment suggestions
Decimals
Day 1- Changing between fractions and decimals &
E 6-5, E 7-4, Head HuntersDay 2- Investigating decimals and the base ten system
Animal Einstein’s Number CrunchersDay 3- Adding and Subtracting Decimals
E 3-5, E 3-2Day 4- Multiplying Decimals
E 4-2Day 5- Dividing Decimals
E 4-4Day 6- Review
Day 7- Test
OVERALL: Investigation 3
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