Reflect on how you made calculations when planning a menu.
How did you add dollar amounts that were not whole numbers? Use the numbers $5.89 and $1.45 to show or explain your strategy.
How did you multiply dollar amounts that were not whole numbers? Suppose you are computing the cost of 4 pounds of beef at $5.89 per pound. Use this example to explain or show your strategy.
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Sample response: I would add the dollars and cents separately, and then combine the sums at the end. 5+1 is 6 and 89+45 is 134, so it’s $6 plus $1.34, which is $7.34.
Sample response: I would round the $5.89 to $5.90 to make it easier to multiply. Then, I would find 4 times $5, which is $20, and 4 times $0.90, which is $3.60. The two products added together is $23.60. The exact cost would be 4 cents less than $23.60, because $5.89 is 1 cent less than $5.90, and 4 times 1 cent is 4 cents. So, the total cost would be $23.56.
Does adding 0.025 and 0.17 give a sum of 0.042? Explain or show your reasoning.
If you choose to use a diagram, you can use the following representations of base-ten units.
1 large square labeled "one." 1 medium rectangle labeled “zero point one, or tenth.” 1 medium square labeled “ 0 point 0 one, or hundredth.” 1 tiny rectangle labeled “0 point 0 0 1, or thousandth.” 1 tiny square labeled “0 point 0 0 0 1, or ten-thousandth.”
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No. Sample reasoning:
The number 0.17 is greater than 0.042, so 0.042 cannot be the sum of 0.17 and another decimal.
A diagram showing 1 medium rectangle (1 tenth), 9 medium squares (9 hundredths), and 5 small rectangles (5 thousandths).
0.025+0.17=0.02+0.005+0.1+0.07=0.125+0.07=0.195.
Calculation with numbers should show the decimal points lining up and a sum of 0.195.
Find the value of each expression and show your reasoning.
1.56+0.083
0.2−0.05
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1.643. Sample reasoning: Six hundredths and 8 hundredths make 14 hundredths, or 1 tenth and 4 hundredths. The sum has 1 one, 6 tenths, 4 hundredths, and 3 thousandths.
A rectangular wall is 7.2 meters long and is 3.8 meters in height. What is its area in square meters? Show your reasoning.
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27.36 square meters. Sample reasoning:
(7.2)⋅(3.8)=1072⋅1038=1002,736=27.36
Problem 2
Find the product of 64 and 9.
Explain how you can use the value of 64⋅9 to find the value of (6.4)⋅(0.009).
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576
Sample responses:
There is 1 decimal place in 6.4 and 3 decimal places in 0.009, so the product will have 4 decimal places. I can move the digits in 576 to the right 4 places to get 0.0576.
64 is 10⋅(6.4), and 9 is 1,000⋅(0.009), so the product of 64 and 9 is 10,000 times the product of 6.4 and 0.009. Dividing 576 by 10,000 gives 0.0576.
To find 33÷4, Clare drew a diagram and thought about how to put the tens and ones into 4 equal-size groups.
There aren’t enough tens or ones to put into 4 groups. What can Clare do to find the quotient? Explain or show your reasoning.
What is the value of 33÷4?
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Sample response: The 3 tens can be decomposed into 30 ones, making a total of 33 ones. Of these, 32 ones can be distributed into 4 groups, 8 ones in each. There is 1 one left. This can be decomposed into 10 tenths and distributed into 4 groups, 2 tenths in each group. There are 2 tenths left. These can be decomposed into 20 hundredths and then distributed into 4 groups, 5 hundredths in each group.
Jada and Han are sharing a piece of ribbon that is 1.905 meters long for a craft project. Jada cuts 0.82 meter from one end of the ribbon and Han cuts 0.175 meter from the other end.
Afterward, they split the ribbon that is left into equal-size pieces that are 0.13-meter long each. How many pieces will they have? Show your reasoning.
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7 pieces. Sample reasoning: Jada and Han cut a total of 0.82+0.175, or 0.995 meter, from the two ends. This leaves 1.905−0.995, or 0.91 meter. Dividing 0.91 by 0.13 gives 7.