Friday, October 19, 2012

Decimals in Math

Chapter 4- Decimal Multiplication and Division

Sixth grade students started Decimal this week.  The chapter began with a review of decimal place value and rounding.  We continued with Multiplying Decimals and Whole Numbers.  Students were introduced to three PROPERTIES for multiplication: COMMUTATIVE, ASSOCIATIVE, and DISTRIBUTIVE.

The chapter continues with Multiplying and Dividing by Powers of Ten.  this lead straight into Changing Metric Units.  Next week we will be working with Division with decimals.


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