Summary
An animated Mage Math lesson on decimals — place value to the right of the ones, and how they link to fractions, made for grade 5. Bright 3-D animation walks kids through it with clear, worked examples they can pause and try.
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Discussion questions
Talk about it
Dividing Decimals by Decimals - 5th Grade clicks once you see it worked out. Watch an example, then use these questions to make sure it stuck.
- What is each digit worth to the right of the decimal point?
- How is a decimal like tenths or hundredths written as a fraction?
- How does place value help you line decimals up to compare or add them?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: decimal, tenths, hundredths, place value.
Try it: Write 0.7 as a fraction, then as a picture of a shaded 10-strip. Compare it to 0.5 with the correct symbol.