Math Curriculum
Level C
Unit: Number Base Ten (Decimals)
Key Lesson 6.5.13 Dividing Decimals by Decimals
Lesson topic: Dividing decimals by decimals
Instructor Materials
- Teacher guide
- Slides
- Practice Problems resource
- CCRS standard: 6.NS.2, 6.NS.3, 6.EE.4
- Learning goal: Compare and contrast (orally and using other representations) division problems with whole-number and decimal divisors. Divide whole numbers or decimals by decimals and explain the reasoning (orally and using other representations), including choosing to divide a different expression that gets the same quotient. Generate another division expression that has the same value as a given expression and justify (orally) that they are equal.
- 6.5 Assessment and Practice Problems
Student Materials
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Use these supplemental lessons if needed after teaching this key lesson.
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