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Pathway 1Dividing Whole Numbers by Decimals
Takumaisusingcansthathold0.❚❚Ltopourwaterintoacontainerthatholds❚L.
• Decidehowmanylitresthecansandthecontainercanhold.Recordthenumbersbelow.
• Estimatethenumberofcansneededtofillthecontainer.Explainhowyouestimated.
• Howmanyfullandpartialcans(asadecimal)areneededtofillthecontainer?Showyourworkandcheckthatyouranswermakessense.
Eachcanholds0. L. Thecontainerholds L.
estimatednumberofcans:about________cans
numberoffullandpartialcans:________cans
• Youcanmodelthedivisionofawholenumberbyadecimalusingahundredthsgrid,basetenblocks(wherethelargecubeisthewhole),oranumberline.
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• Repeat2moretimes.Usedifferentdigitseachtime.
Eachcanholds0. L. Thecontainerholds L.
estimatednumberofcans:about________cans
numberoffullandpartialcans:________cans
Eachcanholds0. L. Thecontainerholds L.
estimatednumberofcans:about________cans
numberoffullandpartialcans:________cans
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You will need•FractionStrips
(BLM10)•HundredthsGrids
(BLM8)•basetenblocks•playcoins
Shahercreatedafootprintthatwas0.09mlong.Shewantedtoknowhowmanyfootprintswouldfitalonga5mwall.Sheknewsheneededtodivide5by0.09.
Youcanusevariousstrategiestodivide5by0.09.
• Youshouldestimatefirsttomakesureyouranswermakessense.
0.09isalmost1tenthand5is50tenths.50tenths41tenthis50,soabout50footprintswillfit.
• Youcandivide5by0.09byrenamingbothmeasurementssoyoucandividebyawholenumberinsteadofadecimal.
5m5500cmand0.09m59cm.So,dividing500by9isthesameasdividing5by0.09.
93555495,so50049555R5.Aremainderof5,whenyoudivideby9,is59.
Thisfractionstripmodelshowsthat59isabout12,or0.5.
So5m40.09misabout55.5footprints.
• Youcandivide5by0.09bymodellingwithhundredthsgrids.
Eachgridrepresents1wholemetre,so5gridsrepresent5m.Youcanshadesetsof9smallsquares,or9hundredths(0.09),andthencountthenumberofsetsof9inthe5grids.
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That’s55setsof0.09with0.05leftover.0.05ofa0.09cmfootprintisabouthalf.
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• Youcandividewhenyouwanttoknowhowmanytimesonethingfitsintoanother.
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• Abouthowmany0.10mfootprintswouldfitalongthewall?Whydoesyouranswermakesense?
Try These 1. Howdoeseachmodelshowthecalculation?
a) 340.556
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• Basetenblockscanbeusedtomodeldecimals.Ifthelargecubeisthewhole,or1,thenaflatis0.1,arodis0.01,andasmallcubeis0.001.
Remember
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2. Explainorshowhowtomodeleachcalculation.Writethequotient.
a) 240.255________ c) 140.225 ________
b) 340.65________ d) 440.75 ________
3. Estimateeachquotient.Explainhowyoucouldcheckyourestimateusingamodel.
a) 140.33isabout________.
b) 240.41isabout________.
c) 340.8isabout________.
d) 540.7isabout________.
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4. Circlethegreaterquotient.Explainhowyouknowitisgreater.
a) 440.8or440.7
b) 540.23or440.23
5. Astickis0.3mlong.Howmanystickstallissomeonewithaheightof2m?Showyourthinking.
6. Youdivideawholenumberbyadecimal,andthequotientisabout7.Whatnumbersmightyouhavedivided?
________4________isabout7.
7. DoyouagreewithAaron?Showorexplainwhy.
8. Usethefactthat640.4515tohelpyoucalculateeachquotient.Explainyourreasoning.
a) 1240.45________
b) 640.85________
9. Whymightyourename4as40tenthstocalculate440.8?
2 4 0.4 5 4 4 0.8
Itisusefultothinkofdivisionashowmanyofonethingfitsintoanother,whendividingbydecimalsorbyfractions.
FYI
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You will need•materialsfor
modellingdecimals(e.g.,TenthsGrids(BLM9),HundredthsGrids(BLM8),ThousandthsGrids(BLM7),basetenblocks,ormoney)
Pathway 2Dividing Decimals by Whole Numbers
• Towriteadecimalto the nearest hundredth,decidewhichnumberintheform❚.❚❚thedecimalisclosestto.
e.g.,5.128iscloseto5.13.
• Onewaytocheckaquotientisbymultiplying.e.g.,If124354,then433512.
Remember
Theareaofacityneedstobedividedintoequal-sizedzonesforgarbageandrecyclingcollection.
Part A
• Decideontheareaofthecity.Recordtheareaintheblanksbelow.
• Decideonanumberofzonesbetween3and9.
• Estimatetheareaofeachzone.
• Determinetheactualareaofeachzoneto the nearest hundredthandshowyourwork.Thencheckyouranswer.
areaofcity: . km2 numberofzones:________
estimatedareaofeachzone:about________km2
actualareaofeachzone:________km2
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Part B
• RepeatPartA,butuseanareathatisnottoocloseinsizeandexpressitasadecimalhundredth.Useadifferentnumberofzones.
areaofcity: . km2 numberofzones:________
estimatedareaofeachzone:about________km2
actualareaofeachzone:________km2
Part C
• RepeatPartA,butuseanareathatisnottoocloseinsizeandexpressitasadecimalthousandth.Useadifferentnumberofzones.Determinetheactualareato the nearest thousandth.
areaofcity: . km2 numberofzones:________
estimatedareaofeachzone:about________km2
actualareaofeachzone:________km2
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You will need•materialsfor
modellingdecimals(e.g.,TenthsGrids(BLM9),HundredthsGrids(BLM8),ThousandthsGrids(BLM7),basetenblocks,orplaymoney)
Rihannaneedstodividea4.12m2pieceofpaperinto6equalsectionsforhergrouptoshare.Howbigwilleachsectionbe?
Youcanusedifferentstrategiestodivide4.12m2by6tosolvetheproblem.
• Ifyouestimatethequotientof4.1246first,youcanusetheestimatetodecideifyouractualanswerisreasonable.
4.1246ismorethan34650.5.
Soeachstudentwillgetasectionthatisabitbiggerthan0.5m2.
• Todeterminetheactualquotientof4.1246,youcanusehundredthsgridstomodel4.12andshareitequallyamong6students.
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Thereare412squares,or412hundredths,toshare.
41246568R4,whichmeansthereare68hundredths(0.68)ineachshareand4squares,or4hundredths,leftover.
Ifthe4leftoversquares,orhundredths,aresharedamongthe6students,eachgetsalmost1moresquareorhundredth,whichisabout0.09.So4.1246isabout0.69.
Eachpersoninthegroupwillgetabout0.69m2ofpaper.
Ryanhada9.346mlongstripofpapertoshareequallyamong8students.Howlongwilleachstudent’ssharebe?
• Youcanestimateeachstudent’sshare.
9.34648ismorethan84851,soeachstudentwillgetastripthatisabitlongerthan1m.
Dividing Decimals by Whole Numbers
• Whenyoudivide,youshareanamountequallyintoequalgroups,exceptforany“remainder,”orleftoveramount.
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• Todeterminetheactualquotientof9.34648,youcanrenamethedecimalasawholenumber,andthenrenamethequotient.
Since1m51000mm,then9.346m59346mm.
93464851168R2Aremainderof2whendividingby8isnotevenhalf.
Since934648isabout1168,then9.34648isabout1.168.
Eachstudentwillgetastripofabout1.168m.
Try These 1. Explainhoweachmodelshowseachcalculation.
a) 3.6643
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2. Estimateeachquotient.
a) 5.13244isabout________.
b) 13.45848isabout________.
c) 9.1245isabout________.
d) 11.0443isabout________.
• Basetenblockscanbeusedtomodeldecimals.Ifthelargecubeisthewhole,or1,thenaflatis0.1,arodis0.01,andasmallcubeis0.001.
Remember
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3. Explainorshowhowtomodeleachcalculation.Writethequotient.
a) 5.2445________ b) 3.72465________
4. Eachpartbelowisaboutadifferentwaytocalculate3.844.
a) Howdoyouknow3.844isabitlessthan1?
b) 3.844538tenths44,and38tenths445912tenths.
Howdoyouknowthequotientof3.844is0.95?
c) Whymightyouthinkof3.8as$3.80tohelpyousolve3.844?
5. Calculate.Showyourthinking.
a) 5.13435________ c) 10.48445 ________
b) 10.52425________ d) 9.48465 ________
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6. Marcocalculated3.12342bycalculating312342.Whatdoesheneedtoremembertodo?Why?
7. Acardrove228.3kmin3h.Howfardiditgoeachhour,onaverage?
________________
8. Adecimaldividedbyawholenumberis3.41.Whatnumberscouldhavebeendivided?Write2possiblesolutions.
________4________53.41
________4________53.41
9. If4.26Lofjuiceissharedamong6people,eachgets0.71L.Use4.264650.71tohelpyoufigureouteachsharebelow.Explainyourreasoning.
a) 10.26L465________ b) 4.26L435________
10. Createaproblemthatyoucouldsolvebydividing5.2by4.
11. Usethedigits2,3,4,8,and9intheblanks.
a) Createthegreatestpossiblequotient.
. 4 5________
b) Createtheleastpossiblequotient.
. 4 5________
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Whenyouaredividingbyawholenumber,itmakessensetothinkofdivisionassharing.
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modellingdecimals(e.g.,TenthsGrids(BLM9),HundredthsGrids(BLM8),ThousandthsGrids(BLM7),basetenblocks,ormoney)
Pathway 3Multiplying with Decimals
Estelleboughtbetween3and9packagesofmeatthatallhadthesamemass.
Part A
• Decideonanumberofpackagesofmeat.
• Decideonamasslessthan5kgintheform❚.❚kgforeachpackage.Recordthemassbelow.Donotusea0intheblanks.
• Figureoutthetotalmass.Showyourwork.
• Estimatetocheckyouranswer.Showhowyouestimated.
• Repeatwithanothernumberofpackagesandmass.
numberofpackages:______
massofeach: . kg
totalmass:___________kg
estimate:about___________kg
numberofpackages:______
massofeach: . kg
totalmass:___________kg
estimate:about___________kg
• Youcanmultiplytocalculatethetotalamountwhenallthegroupsareequal.
• Youcanmodelmultiplicationusinggrids,basetenblocks,ormoney.
Remember
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Part B
• RepeatPartA,butuseadifferentnumberofpackagesandamassintheform❚.❚❚thatislessthan5kg.
numberofpackages:______
massofeach: . kg
totalmass:___________kg
estimate:about___________kg
numberofpackages:______
massofeach: . kg
totalmass:___________kg
estimate:about___________kg
Part C
• RepeatPartA,butuseadifferentnumberofpackagesandamassintheform❚.❚❚❚thatislessthan5kg.
numberofpackages:______
massofeach: . kg
totalmass:___________kg
estimate:about___________kg
numberofpackages:______
massofeach: . kg
totalmass:___________kg
estimate:about___________kg
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Pathway 3
Vincentusedatrundlewheeltomeasurethedistancefromhometoschool.Itwas2255m,whichis2.255km.Howfardoesheridehisbikeeachdayifhebikestoandfromschooltwiceaday?
Thereareseveralstrategiesyoucanusetomultiply432.255.
• Youcanestimate.
432.255isabitmorethan432.Sothedistanceisabout8km.
• Youcanmodel432.255usingbasetenblocks.
2.255is8largecubes,8flats,20rods,and20smallcubes.
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Youcantradeblocks,startingfromthethousandths(smallcubes),tofigureouttheproductof432.255.
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432.25559.02
Sothedistanceis9.02km.
• Youcanmultiply432.255byrenamingthedecimalsoyoucanworkwithawholenumberinstead.
2.25552255thousandths432255thousandths59020thousandths,or9.020432.25559.02
SoVincentrides9.02kmeachday.
Multiplying with Decimals
• Basetenblockscanbeusedtomodeldecimals.Ifthelargecubeisthewhole,or1,thenaflatis0.1,arodis0.01,andasmallcubeis0.001.
Remember
• Thisstrategyislikeignoringthedecimalpoint,multiplyingthedecimallikeawholenumber,andthenestimatingtodecidewheretoputthedecimalpoint.
Remember
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• Youcanmultiply432.255inparts.
2.25552ones12tenths15hundredths15thousands
432.25558ones18tenths120hundredths120thousandths
Youcantradeasyouwouldwithbasetenblocks:
Ones Tenths Hundredths Thousandths
8 8 20 20
9 2
8ones18tenths120hundredths120thousandths59ones12hundredths59.02
432.255km59.02km
Try These 1. Explainhoweachmodelshowseachcalculation.
a) 230.23
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2. Explainorshowhowtomodeleachcalculation.Writetheproduct.
a) 531.45________________ b) 632.1035 ________________
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3. Estimateeachproduct.
a) 533.105isabout________.
b) 932.412isabout________.
c) 632.046isabout________.
d) 738.23isabout________.
4. Salmanfiguredout731.361bymultiplying731361.Whatdoeshehavetoremembertodo?Why?
5. Circlethegreaterproductineachpair.Howdoyouknowitisgreater?Iftheproductsareequal,circlebothandexplainhowyouknowtheyareequal.
a) 430.823or430.83
b) 432.28or831.14
6. Gurmeetlaidsix0.235mwoodenstripsendtoend.Whatisthetotallength?Showyourthinking.
7. Supposeyouhad$8.24inyourleftpocketand3timesasmuchinyourrightpocket.Howmuchisinyourrightpocket?Showyourthinking.
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8. Ifyouweretodriveanaverageof78.2km/hfor8h,howfarwouldyouget?Showyourwork.
9. Createaproblemthatyoucouldsolvebymultiplying631.4.
10. a) DoyouagreewithLim’sstrategy?Why?
b) Whywouldthatbeagoodstrategyformultiplying?
11. Usethedigits2,3,4,8,and9intheblanks.
a) Createthegreatestpossibleproduct.
. 3 5________________
b) Createtheleastpossibleproduct.
. 3 5________________
12. Completethissentence:
Youusuallymultiplywhen
To multiply 5 3 4.248, I would multiply 10 3 2.124 instead.
• Km/hisashortformforkilometresperhour.e.g.,78.2km/hmeansyoudrive78.2kmin1hour.
Remember
Multiplicationisalwaysaboutthetotalamountofsomeequalgroups,nomatterwhattypesofnumbersyouaremultiplying—decimals,fractions,orwholenumbers.
FYI
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You will need•materialsfor
modellingdecimals(e.g.,PlaceValueCharts(toThousandths)(BLM6),ThousandthsGrids(BLM7),orbasetenblocks)
Pathway 4
IngridandJavieruseddifferenttoolstomeasurethelengthandwidthofarectangularroom.Ingridmeasuredthewidthtothenearestthousandthofametre(thenearestmillimetre).Javier’stoolwaslessprecise,sohemeasuredthelengthonlytothenearesthundredthofametre(thenearestcentimetre).
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Part A
• Chooseawidthcloseto7.5mintheform7.❚❚❚m.
• Choosealengthabitlongerthan13mintheform13.❚❚m.
• Whatistheperimeteroftheroom?Showyourwork.
• Howmuchlongeristhelengththanthewidth?Showyourwork.
width:7. m length:13. m
Whatistheperimeter?________m
Howmuchlongeristhelengththanthewidth?________m
Adding and Subtracting Decimals
• Theperimeterofarectangleisthesumofthe2lengthsand2widths.
Remember
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Part B
• RepeatPartAtwiceusingdifferentwidthsandlengths.
width:7. m length:13. m
Whatistheperimeter?________m
Howmuchlongeristhelengththanthewidth?________m
width:7. m length:13. m
Whatistheperimeter?________m
Howmuchlongeristhelengththanthewidth?________m
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You will need•materialsfor
modellingdecimals(e.g.,PlaceValueCharts(toThousandths)(BLM6),ThousandthsGrids(BLM7),orbasetenblocks)
Jennifer’sfamilyistakingatripfromSurrey,BritishColumbia,toLaval,Québec,andthentoHalifax,NovaScotia.
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Laval
Surrey Halifax
from Surrey to Laval 4518.169 kmfrom Laval to Halifax 1249.74 kmfrom Laval to Fredericton 821.098 km
Fredericton
Adding Decimals
TofigureouthowfartheywilldrivefromSurreytoHalifax,youcanadd4518.16911249.74.
• Youcanestimatethesum.
4518.16911249.74isabout45001125055750km.
• Youcanadd4518.16911249.74byaddingthewholenumberpartsandthenusingagridtoaddthedecimalparts.
Addthewholenumbers:45181124955767
Addthedecimals,0.16910.74,usingathousandthsgrid:
0.169is1tenth16hundredths19thousandths,whichis1column16squares19smallrectangles.
0.74is7tenths14hundredths,whichis7columns14squares.
Altogether,that’s8columns110squares19smallrectangles,or9columns19smallrectangles,whichis9tenths19thousandths,or0.909.
Combinethewholenumberanddecimalsums:576710.90955767.909km
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• Youcanadd4518.16911249.74byaddinginsteps.
Addthewholenumbers: 45181124955767
Thinkof0.169inparts: 0.16950.110.0610.009
Add0.16910.74insteps: 0.7410.150.84 0.8410.0650.90 0.9010.00950.909
Addthewholenumberanddecimal: 576710.90955767.909km
Subtracting Decimals
IfJennifer’sfamilywenttoFrederictoninsteadofHalifax,thedistancewouldbeless.Tofigureouthowmuchless,youcancalculate1249.742821.098.
• Youcanestimatethedifference.
1249.742821.098isabout120028005400.
• Youcancalculate1249.742821.098byaddingupfrom821.098to1249.74insteps.
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821.098821.1
0.002 0.9 78 349.74
822 900 1249.74
Toadd349.7417810.0910.002,youcanadd3491785427andthenadd0.7410.910.00250.092.That’s428.642altogether.
ThedistancetoFrederictonwouldbe428.642kmless.
• Youcanalsocalculate1249.742821.098usingwholenumbers,byrenamingthemeasurementunitsused.
1249.74km2821.098km51249740m2821098m5428642m5428.642km
• Youcanalsosubtractusingaplacevaluechartandregrouping.
Thousands Hundreds Tens Ones Tenths Hundredths Thousandths
1–
122
842
91
67
0
349
1008
4 2 8 6 4 2
Withoutaplacevaluechart,thesubtractionlookslikethis:
Thedistancewouldbe428.642kmless.
126310
1249.7402 8 21.098
4 28.642
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Try These 1. Estimateeachsum.
a) 42.8137.192isabout____________.
b) 510.8162.49isabout____________.
c) 311.4147.922isabout____________.
d) 511.811204.38isabout____________.
2. Estimateeachdifference.
a) 42.8237.192isabout____________.
b) 510.8262.49isabout____________.
c) 311.4247.922isabout____________.
d) 1204.382511.8isabout____________.
3. Whycanyouignorethedecimalpartsofthenumberstoestimate14.298127.123,butnottoestimate0.31210.947?
4. Sketchamodelordescribeastrategytocalculate.
a) 4.12613.85________ b) 15.123.8725 ________
5. HowcouldyouhavepredictedthethousandthsdigitineachanswerinQuestion4?
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6. UsethePartsofaYearcharttohelpyou.
a) Whatpartofayearis37days?Showyourwork.Explainwhyyouranswermakessense.
b) Whatpartofayearis29days?Howdoyouknow?
7. a) Whymightsomeonethinkitiseasytoadd4.2310.006?
b) Whymightsomeonethinkitiseasytosubtract4.23623.0?
8. Write2possiblesolutionsforeachsituation.
a) Thesumof2decimalsis5.123.
________________1________________55.123
________________1________________55.123
b) Thedifferencebetween2decimalsis3.923.
________________2________________53.923
________________2________________53.923
9. a) Usethedigits1to9tocreatethegreatestpossibledifference.
. 2 . 5______________
b) Usethedigits1to9tocreatetheleastpossibledifference.
. 2 . 5______________
It’s easy to add 4.23 1 0.006 and easy to subtract 4.236 2 3.0.
Addingandsubtractingarecloselyrelated.Yousometimesuseoneoperationtohelpyouwiththeother.Forexample,toadd2.3410.99,youcanaddtoomuch,2.3411,andthensubtract0.01tocompensate.
FYI
Parts of a Year
Estimated part of a
year
1day 0.003
1week 0.019
1month(30days) 0.08
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