Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Who Won?: Comparing Decimals to the Thousandths Place

Subject Area

Mathematics

Grade(s)

5

Overview

In this interactive activity, students must figure out who won the race by comparing their times. This interactive exercise focuses on using what you know about ordering decimals, number lines, and rounding to the tenths place and then asks you to think about what numbers could be rounded to get a certain decimal.

    Mathematics (2019) Grade(s): 5

    MA19.5.4

    Read, write, and compare decimals to thousandths.

    Unpacked Content

    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

    MA19.5.5

    Use place value understanding to round decimals to thousandths.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:MA19.5.5

    Vocabulary

    • Round
    • Place value
    • Tenths
    • Hundredths
    • Thousandths
    • Decimal
    • Number line
    • Midpoint

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • how to use place value understanding to round multi-digit whole numbers to any place.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Round decimals using place value understanding.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • in the base ten system, the adjacent place value relationship extends to decimals and is used to round decimals.
    Link to Resource

    CR Resource Type

    Interactive/Game

    Resource Provider

    PBS
    Accessibility
    License

    License Type

    Custom
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