Scale matters: decimal numbers: assessment

Learning Material, Teacher's Guide  |  Interactive Lesson  |  RAR


Published on 2014 March 28th

Description
Test what you know about using scales ranging from hundreds and tens down to tenths and hundredths. Look at two numbers and place a third number on a number line. Rename the third number by assigning place values for each digit or group of digits. For example, look at the numbers 74.6 and 76 on a number line and select 'Tenths' as the most useful scale to locate the given number 75.1. Rename 75.1 as 75 ones and 10 hundredths. See a report of your results. This assessment object is one in a series of three objects.
Objective
Students select appropriate scale for placing a decimal number on a number line.
Students place a decimal number on a number line using an appropriate scale.
Students rename decimal numbers by assigning place values for single digits or groups of digits.

Curriculum Information

K to 12
Grade 7, Grade 5, Grade 6
Mathematics
Numbers and Number Sense Patterns and Algebra
Educators, Learners
Creates problems with reasonable answers involving division without or with any of the other operations of decimals mixed decimals and whole numbers including money Adds and subtracts polynomials

Copyright Information

Yes
Education Services Australia
Reproduce, Use, Copy, Print

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