Decimals

1. Connections with the world

1.1. Metric System of Measurment

1.1.1. uses prefixes to signify powers of ten, which are decimal places

1.1.2. measures with negative powers of ten, like in centimeter (0.01 meter)

1.2. Money ($)

1.2.1. cents are decimals of dollars: ($0.04) = 4 cents

2. Fractions With Decimals

2.1. 1/10s, 1/100s, 1/1000s fractions that equal decimal places

2.2. fractions are equal to decimals 59/100 = 0.59

3. Place Value

3.1. decimals are place value

3.2. 0.001 - 3 places to the other direction

4. 8 SMP

4.1. make sense of problems and preserve in solving them

4.2. reason abstractly and quantitatively

4.3. construct viable arguments and ritique the reasoning of others

4.4. model with mathematics

4.5. use appropriate tools strategically

4.6. attend to prescision

4.7. look for and make use of structure

4.8. look for patterns and express regularity in repeated reasoning