BITS & PIECES III v2

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Investigation 1   Decimals – More or Less!   – 4  days

q    ADDING and SUBTRACTING DECIMALS.

GLES
1.1.3
… Understand and use properties of addition and multiplication on non‑negative decimals and fractions. Understand the meaning of addition and subtraction of non‑negative decimals and fractions. 

1.1.6 … Apply strategies or uses computational procedures to add and subtract non‑negative decimals and fractions.

1.1.7.. Apply strategies and uses tools appropriate to tasks involving addition and subtraction of non‑negative decimals and fractions.

1.1.8… Apply estimation strategies involving addition and subtraction of non‑negative decimals and fractions to predict results or determine reasonableness of answers

0 @  Foundation

1 @  Adaptation

2 @ Remediation

3   Program

4 Enrichment

5 Enhancement

6 Extension

Worksheet: Inv 1 Additional Practice

Worksheet: Adding and Subtracting Decimals

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Worksheet: Adding Decimals

Worksheet: Subtracting Decimals

NLVM Website: Adding & Subtracting with Decimals

 

 Worksheet: Solving for missing elements of Addition Problems

Worksheet: Solving for missing elements of Subtraction Problem

Investigation 2  Decimal Times – 6  days

q    Estimate the relative size of a decimal product prior to finding an exact number.

q    Develop place –value understanding of decimal multiplication.

q    Solve problems that require decimal multiplication.

q    Consider how finding a decimal part of and a fraction part of a quantitiy affects the relative size of a product.

q    Use place value to reason about decimal multiplication.

q    Explore the relationship between factors and products in decimal multiplication.

q    Develop estimation strategies for finding decimal products.

q    Use estimation as a strategy for locating the position of the decimal in finding exact decimal products.

q    Generalize an approach to placing the decimal point into a product that involves counting and adding decimal places.

q    Consider when various strategies are useful for finding decimal products.

q    Understand what happens to place value and the position of the decimal when you multiply by powers of ten.

q    Develop at least one efficient algorithm for multiplying decimals.

1.1.3… Understand and use properties of addition and multiplication on non‑negative decimals and fractions. 

1.1.5 … Understand the meaning of multiplication and division of non‑negative decimals and fractions. 

 

0 @  Foundation

1 @  Adaptation

2 @ Remediation

     3    Program

4  Enrichment

5   Enhancement

6 Extension

Worksheet: Inv 2 Additional Practice

Worksheet: Multiplying Decimals

Interactive Website: Multiplying Decimals

 

Investigation 3 The Decimal Divide –   5 days ---  

q    Choose between division, multiplication, addition, or subtraction as an appropriate operation to use to solve a problem.

q    Use models and the content to find solutions to division problems.

q    Estimate to find approximate solutions.

q    Use the relationship between decimals and fractions to develop and understand decimal division.

q    Use knowledge about fractions and place value to understand and develop algorithms for dividing decimals.

q    Use efficient algorithms for dividing decimals.

q    Explore the inverse relationship between multiplication and division in fact families.

q    Understand and predict the decimal representation of a fraction (terminating or repeating).

1.1.5 … Understand the meaning of multiplication and division of non‑negative decimals and fractions. 

 

0 @  Foundation

1 @  Adaptation

2 @ Remediation

3      Program

4  Enrichment

  5 Enhancement

6  Extension

Worksheet: Inv 3 Additional Practice

Worksheet: Dividing with Decimals

Interactive Website: Dividing with Decimals

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Investigation # 4 Using Percents – 4  days

q    Understand that a percent is a decimal fraction with a denominator of 100.

q    Represent $1.00 as 100 pennies (100 cents), and relate this to partitioning a number line into 100 parts.

q    Represent percents as decimals and use decimal computation to compute percents.

q    Explore the relationship between 1% and 10% and use these to compute 5%, 15%, and 20% tips.

q    Work backwards to find the amount of the bill if you know the tip and the percent of the tip for the bill.

q    Use percents in estimating or computing taxes, tips, discounts.

q    Find what percent one number is of another number.

q    Solve problems using percents.

1.1.3… Understand and use properties of addition and multiplication on non‑negative decimals and fractions

1.1.4… Understand the concepts of ratio (voc)  and percent. 

1.1.5 … Understand the meaning of multiplication and division of non‑negative decimals and fractions. 

 

 

0 @  Foundation

1 @  Adaptation

2 @ Remediation

3       Program

4  Enrichment

 5  Enhancement

 6   Extension

Worksheet: Inv 4 Additional Practice

Worksheet: Using Percents

Website: Various Percent and Decimal Skills

Website: Finding percent

Website: Calculating Original Bill

Website: Brain Teaser with Fractions and Percents

Investigation # 5  More About Percents – 4  days

q    Develop a strategy for finding the percent of discount an amount taken off a price represents.

q    Use percents in estimating taxes, tips, and discounts.

q    Solve problems involving percents.

q    Make and interpret circle graphs to represent data.

0 @  Foundation

1 @  Adaptation

2 @ Remediation

3       Program

4  Enrichment

5 Enhancement

6   Extension

Worksheet: Inv 5 Additional Practice

Worksheet: More Percents

Bits and Pieces II - Investigation 1.doc

Problem Solving Strategy – Use EASIER NUMBERS (Simplify)

Current Unit Vocabulary ---- repeating decimal, terminating decimal, power of ten, difference, dividend, divisor, factor, mean, product, quotient, sum, algorithm, base ten, mathematical sentence, percent, place value

Prior Vocabulary --- benchmark, decimal, denominator, estimate, fact family, fraction, number sentence, numerator, multiple

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