Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Making Change StudyJam

Subject Area

Mathematics

Grade(s)

4

Overview

In this interactive activity, students will be led through steps to "make change" in word problems involving money, which can be related to subtracting decimals to the hundredths place. There are teaching activities as well as practice activities available. A handout with practice problems can be printed. After utilizing this resource, the students can complete the short quiz to assess their understanding.

    Mathematics (2019) Grade(s): 4

    MA19.4.22

    Use the four operations to solve measurement word problems with distance, intervals of time, liquid volume, mass of objects, and money.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:MA19.4.22

    Vocabulary

    • Operations
    • Distance
    • Intervals of time
    • Liquid volume
    • Mass
    • Number line diagram
    • Measurement scale

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • Relative sizes of units within one system of measurement.
    • Strategies to solve word problems involving the four operations.
    • Measurement units in the same system are multiplicatively related.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Solve measurement word problems
    • Involving distance, intervals of time, liquid volume, mass, and money.
    • Involving measurement conversion of larger units to a smaller unit.
    • Involving simple fractions or decimals.
    • Using diagrams to represent measurement quantities and solutions.

    Note: Quantities and operations are limited to grade 4 standard expectations.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • Relationships among units within a system of measurement are multiplicative comparisons.
    • The size of the unit of measurement and the number of units are inversely related.
    • Addition and subtraction of measurements require measurements in the same unit and that the common unit is maintained in the answer.
    Link to Resource

    CR Resource Type

    Interactive/Game

    Resource Provider

    http://studyjams.scholastic.com/
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