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MAED3224
Subject:5thgrademath CentralFocus:MultiplyingandDividingDecimals

CommonCoreObjective:5.NBT.7Add,subtract, Datetaught:February27th,2017
multiply,anddividedecimalstohundredths,using
concretemodelsordrawingsandstrategiesbased
onplacevalue,propertiesofoperations,and/orthe
relationshipbetweenadditionandsubtraction;
relatethestrategytoawrittenmethodandexplain
thereasoningused
DailyLessonObjective:
Performance-Studentswillbeabletoreadwordproblemsanddeterminewhethertheproblem
requirestheoperationofmultiplicationordivision.

Conditions-Studentswillworkindependently.

Criteria-Studentsareexpectedtoearn8outof10possiblepointsontheexittickettoshowmastery.
Prerequisiteknowledgeandskillsneeded:Priorknowledgeofthestepsusedtomultiplyanddivide
decimals.

Activity DescriptionofActivitiesandSetting Time
1.Engage Wevebeenlearningalotaboutusingoperations 5-7mins
withdecimalsbuttodayIwanttofocuson
multiplicationanddivision.Therearedifferentsteps
fordifferentsituationssoletsreviewthedifferent
steps.Ifmystepsare:ignorethedecimal,divideas
usualandmovethedecimalup,whatoperationare
wedoing?Great,dividingadecimalbyawhole
number.Whatabout:estimate,remove,multiplyand
check?Thatsformultiplication!Finally,movethe
decimaltomakeitawholenumber,movethe
dividendsdecimalpointthesamenumberofspots,
divideasusualandmovethedecimalpointstraight
up?Thatonewaseasy:dividingadecimalbya
decimal!
2.Explore TodayIwouldliketopracticewithwordproblems. 15mins
(includingsolutionsofmajortasks) ImgoingtogiveyouacoupleofproblemsandI
wouldfirstlikeyoutoidentifyifitsmultiplicationor
division,howyouknow,andthensolvetheproblem.
Youmayworkwithapartner.


 Problemsareasfollows:
Kennedyran298.5milesthisseasonatcross
countrypractice.Iftheteampracticed99.5daysthis
season,howmanymilesdidKennedyrunperday?

Jarroddrives15.7mileseveryday.Howmanymiles
willhedrivein3.4days?
3.Explain Letshearwhatyouallwereabletocomeupwith. 15-20mins
LetslookatthisfirstproblemIgaveyouabout
Kennedy.Isthisadivisionproblemora
multiplicationproblem?Itsadivisionproblem,how
doyouknow?Right,itgivesusthetotalnumberof
milesthatKennedyranandhowmanydayssheran.
WewanttoknowhowmanymilesKennedyranper
day.Weknowthewhole,andhowmanyhowmany
dayssheran,alsoknownashowmanygroups,we
needtofindouthowmanyineachgroup,orhow
manymilesperday,soitsdivision..So,whatwould
ourstepsbehere?Wellfirstwehavetolookand
see:arewedividingbyadecimalorbyawhole
number?Byadecimal.Sofirstwemovethedivisors
decimalpointasmanytimesasweneedtoto
createawholenumberwhichisonceinthiscase,
changing99.5to995.Nowwehavetomovethe
dividendsdecimalthesamenumberoftimeswe
movedthedivisorsdecimal,once,whichmakes
298.5turninto2985.Nowwecandivideasusual,
2985/995,thisiswhatIgot,didyouallget3asyour
answer?Great!Nowitsaystomovethedecimal
straightup,soouranswerisstill3.Greatjob!

Letslookatoursecondproblemnow.Whatdoyou
allthink,multiplicationordivision?Multiplication?
Howdoyouknow?Itsaysthathedrives15.7miles
everydayandtheywantyoutofigureouthowmany
mileshewilldrivein3.4days,wehave3.4groupsof
15.7whichishowyouknowitsmultiplication.Okay,
whatisthefirststepinmultiplyingdecimals?Find
theproductoftheestimatedfactors.Okay,sohow
canweestimate15.7?Weround!Thenumberafter
thedecimalisa7,soweroundupbecause7is
greaterthan5,soourfirstfactorroundsupto16.
Oursecondfactoris3.4,thisroundsdownbecause
thenumberafterthedecimalis4whichislessthan
5.Sonowletsmultiply4x16andweget64.So
hopefullyourproductiscloseto64.Whatsthenext
step?Removethedecimalpointtomakethefactors
wholenumberssothatnowwehave157times34.
 Letsdosomemath!Whatdidyouget?5338?Me
too!Nowletsplacethedecimalpointbackintothe
product.Whenwemade15.7awholenumberwe
movedthedecimalonce,wemovedthedecimal
oncewhenwemade3.4awholenumberaswell,so
nowweneedtomovethedecimalhowmanytimes?
Twice!Youmustmovethedecimalasmanytimes
asyoumovedthedecimalsinyourfactors.So,right
nowthedecimalisattheendofthenumber,moveit
2placestotheleftandyouget53.38totalmiles.Is
53.38closetoourinitialestimationof64?Yeahits
prettyclose!Soourtotalis53.38totalmiles.
4.Elaborate/Extend Studentswhoarestillstrugglingwiththiscontent
willbepulledintoasmallgroupbasedonwhat
theyrestrugglingwith.Isitidentifyingwhetherthe
operationismultiplicationordivisionordothey
strugglewiththestepsorthebasiccomputation.
Studentswillbepulledintogroupsbasedontheir
needsandworkonexercisestoassistthemwith
theirstruggles.Forthosewhohavetroublewiththe
operation,workonreadingwordproblemsand
identifyingkeywordsthatcanhelpdeterminethe
operation.Ifitsachallengewithcomputation,
maybeflashcardsarethetricktohelpstudents
learntheirmultiplicationfacts.
5.Evaluate Jeanetteearns$13.75perdayforpet-sittingdogs 5-7mins
(assessmentmethods) andCourtneyearns$14.35perdayforpetsitting
cats.IfJeanetteworks16daysthismonthand
Courtneyworks14daysthismonth,whowillmake
moremoney?Showallworkandexplainyour
answerinasentence.

Thisexitticketwillbegradedoutof10points.2
pointsforshowingconceptualunderstanding:do
theyknowwhatthequestionwasaskingthem,did
theyusemultiplication?Showingtheworkandthe
stepstheyused.
3pointsforproceduralfluency,didtheygetthe
correctanswer?
3pointsforproblemsolving-didtheydothemath
correctly?Istheirmultiplicationaccurate?
2pointsformathematicalreasoning,didthey
explaintheiranswer?Didtheyhaveareasonable
justification?
Materials/Technology:whiteboard,markers,copyofexitticket