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    • ▾5th grade
      • ▸Decimal place value
        • •Decimal place value
        • •Hashi puzzles
        • •Decimals to thousandths
        • •Rounding decimals
      • ▾Multi-digit multiplication and division
        • •Multiplying whole numbers by 10, 100, and 1000
        • •Multiplying and dividing decimals by 10, 100, and 1000
        • •Convert fractions to decimals, 10, 100, or 1000 in the denominator
        • •Multiplication, partial products method
        • •Long division
      • ▸Decimal arithmetic
        • •Decimal arithmetic
        • •Dividing whole numbers to get a decimal
      • ▸Add and subtract fractions
        • •Add and subtract fractions, abstract
        • •Adding and subtracting mixed numbers with regrouping
        • •Add and subtract fractions, word problems
      • ▸Multiply fractions
        • •Multiplication as scaling
        • •Areas and perimeters, fractional side lengths
        • •Multiply fractions, abstract
        • •Multiply fractions, word problems
      • ▸Divide fractions
        • •Understanding fractions as division, word problems
        • •Dividing whole numbers by unit fractions
        • •Dividing unit fractions by whole numbers
        • •Dividing mixed numbers
      • ▸Volume
        • •Volume by counting unit cubes
        • •Volume of right rectangular prisms by multiplying
        • •Volume of composite right rectangular prisms
        • •Volume, word problems
      • ▸Coordinate plane
        • •Plot coordinates
        • •Plot coordinates from word problems
      • ▸Algebraic thinking
        • •Intro to parentheses
        • •Distributive property without variables
        • •Convert between words and arithmetic expressions
        • •Linear equations, tables
      • ▸Measurement and data
        • •Unit conversion
        • •Represent and reason with line plots
      • ▸Properties of shapes
        • •Geometric definitions
        • •Classifying shapes
        • •Classifying triangles
        • •Classifying polygons
        • •Symmetries of regular polygons
        • •Quantifiers
     › 5th grade › Multi-digit multiplication and division

    Convert fractions to decimals, 10, 100, or 1000 in the denominator

    Students will learn how to convert fractions to decimals, when the fraction has 10, 100, or 1000 in the denominator.

    Fractions as division by power of 10

    Do these Khan Academy exercises:

    • Decimals in words
    • Write decimals and fractions shown on grids
    • Write decimals and fractions shown on number lines
    • Write common fractions as decimals
    • Decimals on the number line: hundredths
    • Decimal place value with regrouping
    • Decimals on the number line: hundredths 0-0.1
    • Decimals on the number line: tenths
    • Write decimals and fractions greater than 1 shown on grids
    • Write common decimals as fractions
    • Write decimals as fractions
    • Decimals on the number line: tenths 0-1
    • Write decimals and fractions greater than 1 shown on number lines
    • Relate decimals and fractions in words
    • Write fractions as decimals (denominators of 10 & 100)

    Next, give your students these challenges:

    • Snakes by NRICH
    • Grouping Goodies by NRICH

    Conclude by leading this investigation:

    Bracket – Number Trivia Game
    by MathPickle

    4.NF.C.6: Use decimal notation for fractions with denominators 10 or 100. For example, rewrite 0.62 as 62/100; describe a length as 0.62 meters; locate 0.62 on a number line diagram.