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
How to Write Decimals Word and Standard Form 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.