Order Fractions & Decimals StudyJam

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Subject Area

Mathematics

Grade(s)

5

Overview

In this interactive activity, students will be led through steps to change fractions to decimals, then put the decimal numbers in order by comparing their magnitude. Students will learn to compare two decimals to the hundredths place by reasoning about their size. There are teaching activities as well as practice activities available. There is a handout that reviews the strategies taught during the activity that can be printed. After utilizing this resource, the students can complete the short quiz to assess their understanding.

Mathematics (2019) Grade(s): 5

MA19.5.4

Read, write, and compare decimals to thousandths.

UP:MA19.5.4

Vocabulary

  • Compare
  • Decimal
  • Thousandths
  • Hundredths
  • Tenths
  • Symbol
  • Greater than
  • Less than
  • Equal
  • Place value strategy
  • Expanded form
  • Expanded notation

Knowledge

Students know:
  • How to read and write whole numbers in standard form, word form, and expanded form.
  • How to compare two whole numbers using place value understanding.
  • Prior place value understanding with whole numbers is extended and applied to decimal values.
  • Recognize and model decimal place value using visual representations to compare.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Read and write decimal values in word form, standard form, and expanded form.
  • Compare decimals to thousandths using , or = .

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • the adjacent place value relationship in the base ten system extends to decimals and is used to write decimals in expanded form and compare decimals.
Mathematics (2019) Grade(s): 5

MA19.5.11

Solve word problems involving division of whole numbers leading to answers in the form of fractions or mixed numbers.

UP:MA19.5.11

Vocabulary

  • Fraction
  • Numerator
  • Denominator
  • Division
  • Remainder
  • Dividend
  • Divisor

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Contextual situations for division.
  • Strategies to equipartition.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Solve word problems involving division of whole numbers leading to quotients with fractions.
  • Use fraction models, drawings, equations to represent word problems.
  • Model and interpret a fraction as division.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • a ÷ b is a division expression and can be written as a/b showing division of the numerator by the denominator (including cases where the value of a

CR Resource Type

Interactive/Game

Resource Provider

http://studyjams.scholastic.com/

License Type

Custom
https://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/math/fractions/order-fractions-…

Custom License Type (URL)

http://www.scholastic.com/terms.htm

Accessibility

Text Resources: Content is organized under headings and subheadings

Comments or Notes

The quiz may be completed as a whole group or independently on student devices.

Owner (Author)

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