Grade 6 - Number
Standard 6.N.4 - Practice dividing equations with decimals and whole numbers.
Included Skills: Decimals, Mixed Equations
Extend understanding of multiplication and division to decimals (1-digit whole number multipliers and 1-digit natural number divisors). • Observe and describe situations in which multiplication and division of decimals would occur. • Explain, with justification, where the decimal place should be placed in the solution of a multiplication statement. • Explain, with justification, where the decimal place should be placed in the solution of a division statement. • Estimate products and quotients involving decimals. • Develop a generalization about the impact on overall quantity when multiplied by a decimal number between 0 and 1. • Develop a generalization about the impact on overall quantity when a decimal number is divided by a whole number. • Solve a given situational question that involves multiplication and division of decimals, using multipliers from 0 to 9 and divisors from 1 to 9.