Multiply & Divide Decimals (Grade 5)

Examples, solutions, videos and lessons to help Grade 5 students learn to add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used.

Common Core: 5.NBT.7

Suggested Learning Targets

I can add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals.
I can explain how I computed with decimals using concrete models or drawings.

Multiply Decimals

Multiplying decimals using Base 10 blocks to look at what the answer means and why we need to know how many digits are to the right of the decimal point.

Divide Decimals

Dividing Decimals using Base 10 blocks to help determine why we "move the decimal to the right" before we start the problems.

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