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Decimal Multiplication Guide for Families

The document outlines a math curriculum focused on decimal multiplication and estimation. It includes instructional steps for multiplying decimals, practical activities for real-life applications, and various exercises for students to practice. Additionally, it features lesson checks and spiral reviews to reinforce learning objectives.

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Decimal Multiplication Guide for Families

The document outlines a math curriculum focused on decimal multiplication and estimation. It includes instructional steps for multiplying decimals, practical activities for real-life applications, and various exercises for students to practice. Additionally, it features lesson checks and spiral reviews to reinforce learning objectives.

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4
   
  decimal A number with one or more
digits to the right of the decimal point

expanded form A way to write


numbers by showing the value of
Dear Family, each digit

product The answer to a multiplication


Throughout the next few weeks, our math class will be problem
learning about decimal multiplication. We will also be
learning how to estimate decimal products.
You can expect to see homework that involves
multiplication of decimals.
Here is a sample of how your child will be taught to
multiply decimals.

Multiply Decimals

Multiply. 3.2 3 4.17
Placing the Decimal Point
STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3 To help place the decimal
Multiply as with whole point in the product, add the
Estimate. Use the estimate to
number of decimal places in
numbers. place the decimal point.
each factor.
2
1 3.2 3 4.17 5 13.344 For example, since 4.17 has
3.2 3 4.17 417
2 decimal places and 3.2 has
3 32
834 Think: The product 1 decimal place, the product
112,510 should be close to the will have 2 1 1, or 3 decimal
3 3 4 5 12 13,344 estimate. places.

Activity
A trip to the grocery store or the gas station is a perfect opportunity to
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practice decimal operations. For example, “We bought 8.6 gallons of gasoline
that cost $2.95 per gallon. What was the total cost?” Work together to write
a multiplication sentence with decimals that represents the situation. Then
estimate before multiplying to find the exact product.

Chapter 4 P79
4  


decimal Un número con uno o más


 dígitos a la derecha del punto decimal

forma desarrollada Una manera de


escribir los números mostrando el valor
de cada dígito
Querida familia,
producto El resultado de una
Durante las próximas semanas, aprenderemos acerca multiplicación
de la multiplicación con números decimales. También
aprenderemos a estimar productos decimales.
Llevaré a la casa tareas con multiplicaciones de decimales.
Este es un ejemplo de cómo vamos a multiplicar decimales.

Multiplicar decimales

Multiplica. 3.2 3 4.17



PASO 1 PASO 2 PASO 3
Poner el punto decimal
Estima. Multiplica igual que con Usa la estimación para Para poner el punto decimal en
los números enteros. poner el punto decimal. el producto, suma el número de
3.2 3 4.17 2 lugares decimales en cada factor.
1
417 3.2 3 4.17 5 13.344
Por ejemplo, como 4.17 tiene
3 32
Piensa: El producto debe 2 lugares decimales y 3.2 tiene 1,
3 3 4 5 12 834
el producto tendrá 2 1 1, o
112,510 estar cerca de la estimación.
3 lugares decimales.
13,344

Actividad
Una visita a la tienda o a la gasolinera es una buena oportunidad para practicar
operaciones con números decimales. Por ejemplo: “Compramos 8.6 galones
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de gasolina a $2.95 por galón. ¿Cuál fue el precio total?” Trabajen juntos para
escribir un enunciado de multiplicación con decimales que represente el
evento. Después, estimen antes de multiplicar para hallar el producto exacto.

P80
ALGEBRA
Name
Lesson 4.1
Multiplication Patterns with Decimals
COMMON CORE STANDARD [Link].1.2
Complete the pattern. Understand the place value system.

1. 2.07
2.07 3 1 5 __ 2. 1 3 30 5 __ 3. 100 3 0.23 5 __

20.7
2.07 3 10 5 _ _ 0.1 3 30 5 __ 101 3 0.23 5 __

207
2.07 3 100 5 _ _ 0.01 3 30 5 __ 102 3 0.23 5 __

2.07 3 1,000 5 2,070


_ _ 103 3 0.23 5 __

4. 390 3 1 5 __ 5. 100 3 49.32 5 __ 6. 1 3 9,670 5 __

390 3 0.1 5 __ 101 3 49.32 5 __ 0.1 3 9,670 5 __

390 3 0.01 5 __ 102 3 49.32 5 __ 0.01 3 9,670 5 __

103 3 49.32 5 __

7. 874 3 1 5 __ 8. 100 3 10 5 __ 9. 1355__

874 3 10 5 __ 101 3 10 5 __ 0.1 3 5 5 __

874 3 100 5 __ 102 3 10 5 __ 0.01 3 5 5 __

874 3 1,000 5 __ 103 3 10 5 __

10. Nathan plants equal-sized squares of sod in 11. Three friends are selling items at a bake sale.
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his front yard. Each square has an area of May makes $23.25 selling bread. Inez sells
6 square feet. Nathan plants a total of 1,000 gift baskets and makes 100 times as much as
squares in his yard. What is the total area of May. Carolyn sells pies and makes one tenth
the squares of sod? of the money Inez makes. How much money
does each friend make?

Chapter 4 P81
Lesson Check ([Link].1.2)
1. The length of the Titanic was 882 feet. Porter’s 2. Ted is asked to multiply 102 3 18.72. How
history class is building a model of the should he move the decimal point to get the
Titanic. The model is ___1
100 of the actual length correct product?
of the ship. How long is the model?
A 2 places to the right
A 882 feet
B 1 place to the right
B 88.2 feet
C 1 place to the left
C 8.82 feet
D 2 places to the left
D 0.882 feet

Spiral Review ([Link].1.3b, [Link].1.4, [Link].2.6, [Link].2.7)


3. The table shows the height in meters of 4. Madison had $187.56 in her checking
some of the world’s tallest buildings. Which account. She deposited $49.73 and then
list shows the heights in order from least to used her debit card to spend $18.64. What is
greatest? (Lesson 3.3) Madison’s new account balance? (Lesson 3.11)

Building Height (meters) A $119.19


Zifeng Tower 457.2
B $218.65
International
415.138
Finance Center C $237.29
Burj Khalifa 828.142
D $255.93
Petronas Towers 452.018

A 457.2, 415.138, 828.142, 452.018


B 415.138, 457.2, 452.018, 828.142
C 828.142, 457.2, 452.018, 415.138
D 415.138, 452.018, 457.2, 828.142
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5. What is 3.47 rounded to the nearest tenth? 6. The city gardener ordered 1,680 tulip bulbs
(Lesson 3.4) for Riverside Park. The bulbs were shipped in
35 boxes with an equal number of bulbs in
A 3.0
each box. How many tulip bulbs were in each
B 3.4 box? (Lesson 2.6)

C 3.5 A 47 C 57
D 4.0 B 48 D 58

P82
Lesson 4.2
Name
COMMON CORE STANDARD [Link].2.7
Multiply Decimals and Perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers
Whole Numbers and with decimals to hundredths.

Use the decimal model to find the product.

1. 4 3 0.07 5 __0.28 2. 3 3 0.27 5 __ 3. 2 3 0.45 5 __

Find the product. Draw a quick picture.

4. 2 3 0.8 5 ___ 5. 3 3 0.33 5 ___

6. 5 3 0.71 5 ___ 7. 4 3 0.23 5 ___


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8. In physical education class, Sonia walks a 9. A certain tree can grow 0.45 meter in one
distance of 0.12 mile in 1 minute. At that rate, year. At that rate, how much can the tree grow
how far can she walk in 9 minutes? in 3 years?

Chapter 4 P83
Lesson Check ([Link].2.7)
1. The model below represents which 2. A certain type of lunch meat contains
multiplication sentence? 0.5 grams of unsaturated fat per serving.
How much unsaturated fat is in 3 servings
of the lunch meat?

A 3.5 grams
B 3 grams
C 1.5 grams
A 6 3 0.04 5 0.24
D 0.5 gram
B 4 3 0.06 5 0.24
C 8 3 0.03 5 0.24
D 3 3 0.08 5 0.24

Spiral Review ([Link].1.1, [Link].1.2, [Link].1.3b, [Link].2.3)


3. To find the value of the following expression, 4. Ella and three friends run in a relay race that
which operation should you do first? is 14 miles long. Each person runs equal
(Lesson 1.12) parts of the race. How many miles does each
person run? (Lesson 2.7)
20 2 (7 1 4) 3 5
A 3 miles
A Subtract 7 from 20.
B 3 1_2 miles
B Add 7 and 4.
C 4 miles
C Multiply 4 and 5.
D 4 2_3 miles
D It does not matter which operation
you do first.
5. Which statement about 17.518 and 6. Each number in the following sequence
17.581 is true? (Lesson 3.3) has the same relationship to the number
immediately before it. How can you find the
A 17.518 , 17.581
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next number in the sequence? (Lesson 1.5)
B 17.518 . 17.581 3, 30, 300, 3,000, . . .
C 17.518 5 17.581 A Multiply the previous number by 3.
D 17.581 , 17.518 B Multiply the previous number by 30.
C Multiply the previous number by 10.
D Multiply the previous number by 100.

P84
Lesson 4.3
Name
COMMON CORE STANDARDS [Link].1.2,
Multiplication with Decimals and [Link].2.7

Whole Numbers Perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers


and with decimals to hundredths.
Find the product.

1. 2.7 2. 7.6 3. 0.35


3 4 3 8 3 6
10.8
Think: The place value
of the decimal factor is
tenths.

4. 8.42 5. 14.05 6. 23.82


3 9 3 7 3 5

7. 4 3 9.3 8. 3 3 7.9 9. 5 3 42.89 10. 8 3 2.6

11. 6 3 0.92 12. 9 3 1.04 13. 7 3 2.18 14. 3 3 19.54


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15. A half-dollar coin issued by the United States 16. One pound of grapes costs $3.49. Linda buys
Mint measures 30.61 millimeters across. exactly 3 pounds of grapes. How much will the
Mikk has 9 half dollars. He lines them up end grapes cost?
to end in a row. What is the total length of the
row of half dollars?

Chapter 4 P85
Lesson Check ([Link].1.2, [Link].2.7)
1. Pete wants to make turkey sandwiches for two 2. Gasoline costs $2.84 per gallon. Mary’s
friends and himself. He wants each sandwich father puts 9 gallons of gasoline in the tank of
to contain 3.5 ounces of turkey. How many his car. How much will the gasoline cost?
ounces of turkey does he need?
A $2.84
A 3.5 ounces
B $9
B 7 ounces
C $25.56
C 10.5 ounces
D $255.60
D 14 ounces

Spiral Review ([Link].1.1, [Link].1.2, [Link].2.6, [Link].2.7)


3. A group of 5 boys and 8 girls goes to the 4. Sue and 4 friends buy a box of 362 baseball
fair. Admission costs $9 per person. Which cards at a yard sale. If they share the cards
expression does NOT show the total amount equally, how many cards will each person
the group will pay? (Lesson 1.11) receive? (Lesson 2.2)

A $9 3 (5 1 8) A 91
B $9 3 5 3 8 B 90
C ($9 3 5) 1 ($9 3 8) C 73
D $9 3 13 D 72

5. Sarah rides her bicycle 2.7 miles to school. 6. Tim has a box of15 markers. He gives
She takes a different route home, which is 3 markers each to 4 friends. Which
2.5 miles. How many miles does Sarah ride expression shows the number of markers
to and from school each day? (Lesson 3.8) Tim has left? (Lesson 1.10)

A 2.5 miles A (3 3 4) 2 15
B 2.7 miles B 15 1 (3 3 4)
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C 5.2 miles C (15 3 4) 2 3


D 5.4 miles D 15 2 (3 3 4)

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Lesson 4.4
Name
COMMON CORE STANDARDS [Link].1.2,
Multiply Using Expanded Form [Link].2.7
Perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers
and with decimals to hundredths.

Draw a model to find the product.

1. 37 3 9.5 5 ___351.5 2. 84 3 0.24 5 ___

 

  

  

Find the product.

3. 13 3 0.53 5 _
___ 4. 27 3 89.5 5 ___ 5. 32 3 12.71 5 ___

6. 17 3 0.52 5 _
___ 7. 23 3 59.8 5 ___ 8. 61 3 15.98 5 ___
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9. An object that weighs one pound on the moon 10. Tessa is on the track team. For practice and
will weigh about 6.02 pounds on Earth. Suppose exercise, she runs 2.25 miles each day. At the
a moon rock weighs 11 pounds on the moon. end of 14 days, how many total miles will
How much will the same rock weigh on Earth? Tessa have run?

Chapter 4 P87
Lesson Check ([Link].1.2, [Link].2.7)
1. A baker is going to make 24 blueberry pies. 2. Aaron buys postcards while he is on vacation.
She wants to make sure each pie contains It costs $0.28 to send one postcard. Aaron
3.5 cups of blueberries. How many cups of wants to send 12 postcards. How much will it
blueberries will she need? cost Aaron to send all the postcards?

A 3.5 cups A $0.28


B 6.86 cups B $0.34

C 24 cups C $3.36

D 84 cups D $33.60

Spiral Review ([Link].1.1, [Link].1.2, [Link].2.6, [Link].2.7)


3. What is the value of the digit 4 in the number 4. How many zeros will be in the product
524,897,123? (Lesson 1.2) (6 3 5) 3 103? (Lesson 1.5)

A 4,000 A 2
B 40,000 B 3

C 400,000 C 4

D 4,000,000 D 5

5. Roast beef costs $8.49 per pound. What is the 6. North Ridge Middle school collected
cost of 2 pounds of roast beef? (Lesson 4.3) 5,024 cans of food for a food drive. Each of
the 18 homerooms collected about the same
A $8.49
number of cans. About how many cans did
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B $10.49 each homeroom collect? (Lesson 2.5)

C $16.98 A 250 C 500

D $169.80 B 400 D 800

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  Ã  
Name
Lesson 4.5
HE8B;CÃEBL?D=ÃÄÃ KBJ?FBOÃ ED;O
COMMON CORE STANDARD [Link].2.7

Perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers


and with decimals to hundredths.

Solve each problem.

1. Three friends go to the local farmers’


"TIMFF 
market. Ashlee spends $8.25. Natalie
spends 4 times as much as Ashlee. Patrick
spends $9.50 more than Natalie. How /BUBMJF    
much does Patrick spend?


1BUSJDL     

____ $42.50 

2. Kimmy’s savings account has a balance of


$76.23 in June. By September, her balance is
5 times as much as her June balance. Between
September and December, Kimmy deposits a
total of $87.83 into her account. If she does not
withdraw any money from her account, what
should Kimmy’s balance be in December?

____

3. Amy raises $58.75 to participate in a walk-a-thon.


Jeremy raises $23.25 more than Amy. Oscar raises
3 times as much as Jeremy. How much money
does Oscar raise?

____
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4. It costs$5.50 per hour to rent a pair of ice skates,


for up to 2 hours. After 2 hours, the rental cost per
hour decreases to $2.50. How much does it cost to
rent a pair of ice skates for 4 hours?

____

Chapter 4 P89
Lesson Check ([Link].2.7)
1. A family of two adults and four children is 2. Ms. Rosenbaum buys 5 crates of apples at
going to an amusement park. Admission is the market. Each crate costs $12.50. She
$21.75 for adults and $15.25 for children. also buys one crate of pears for $18.75.
What is the total cost of the family’s What is the total cost of the apples and pears?
admission?
A $12.50
A $37
B $31.25
B $89.25
C $62.50
C $104.50 D $81.25
D $117.50

Spiral Review ([Link].1.2, [Link].1.2, [Link].1.4, [Link].2.3)


3. How do you write 10 3 10 3 10 3 10 using 4. Which represents 125.638 rounded to the
exponents? (Lesson 1.4) nearest hundredth? (Lesson 3.4)
A 103 A 100
B 104 B 125.6
C 10,000 C 125.63
D 410 D 125.64

5. The sixth-graders at Meadowbrook Middle 6. A restaurant can seat 100 people. It has
School are going on a field trip. The booths that seat 4 people and tables that
325 students and adults will ride in school seat 6 people. So far, 5 of the booths are
buses. Each bus holds 48 people. How many full. Which expression matches the situation?
school buses are needed? (Lesson 2.7) (Lesson 1.10)

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B 6.77 B 100 2 (5 3 4)
C 7 C 6 3 (4 1 5)
D 8 D 100 4 (4 1 6)

P90
Lesson 4.6
Name
COMMON CORE STANDARD [Link].2.7
Decimal Multiplication
Perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers
and with decimals to hundredths.

Multiply. Use the decimal model.


1. 0.3 3 0.6 5 _
___ 0.18 2. 0.2 3 0.8 5 _
___ 3. 0.5 3 1.7 5 _
___

4. 0.6 3 0.7 5 _
___ 5. 0.8 3 0.5 5 _
___ 6. 0.4 3 1.9 5 _
___

7. 0.8 3 0.8 5 _
___ 8. 0.2 3 0.5 5 _
___ 9. 0.8 3 1.3 5 _
___
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10. A certain bamboo plants grow 1.2 feet in 11. The distance from the park to the grocery
1 day. At that rate, how many feet could the store is 0.9 mile. Ezra runs 8 tenths of that
plant grow in 0.5 day? distance and walks the rest of the way.
How far does Ezra run from the park to the
grocery store?

Chapter 4 P91
Lesson Check ([Link].2.7)
1. Liz is hiking a trail that is 0.8 mile long. Liz hikes 2. One cup of cooked zucchini has 1.9 grams
the first 2 tenths of the distance by herself. of protein. How much protein is in 0.5 cup
She hikes the rest of the way with her friends. of zucchini?
How far does Liz hike by herself?
A 0.5 gram
A 0.16 mile B 0.95 gram
B 0.20 mile
C 1.9 grams
C 0.80 mile D 2.4 grams
D 1 mile

Spiral Review ([Link].2.5, [Link].2.6, [Link].2.7)


3. Which property does the statement 4. At the beginning of the school year, Rochelle
show? (Lesson 1.3) joins the school garden club. In her plot
of land, she plants 4 rows of tulips, each
(4 3 8) 3 3 5 (8 3 4) 3 3
containing 27 bulbs. How many tulip bulbs
A Commutative Property of Addition does Rochelle plant in all? (Lesson 1.6)
B Associative Property of Addition A 27 C 108
C Commutative Property of Multiplication B 88 D 216
D Associative Property of Multiplication

5. In which place is the first digit of the 6. At a football game, Jasmine bought a soft
quotient? (Lesson 2.1) pretzel for $2.25 and a bottle of water for
$1.50. She paid with a $5 bill. How much
3,589 4 18
change should Jasmine get back? (Lesson 3.11)
A thousands
A $1.25
B hundreds
B $1.50
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C tens
C $2.25
D ones
D $3.75

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Lesson 4.7
Name
COMMON CORE STANDARDS [Link].1.2,
Multiply Decimals [Link].2.7

Perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers


and with decimals to hundredths.

Find the product.

1. 5.8 58 2. 7.3 3. 46.3


3 2.4 3 24 3 9.6 3 0.8
13.92 232
1 1,160
1,392

4. 29.5 5. 3.76 6. 9.07


3 1.3 3 4.8 3 6.5

7. 0.42 3 75.3 8. 5.6 3 61.84 9. 7.5 3 18.74 10. 0.9 3 53.8


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11. Aretha runs a marathon in 3.25 hours. 12. Tiffany catches a fish that weighs 12.3 pounds.
Neal takes 1.6 times as long to run the Frank catches a fish that weighs 2.5 times as
same marathon. How many hours does much as Tiffany’s fish. How many pounds does
it take Neal to run the marathon? Frank’s fish weigh?

Chapter 4 P93
Lesson Check ([Link].1.2, [Link].2.7)
1. Sue buys material to make a costume. She 2. Last week Juan worked 20.5 hours. This
buys 1.75 yards of red material. She buys week he works 1.5 times as many hours as
1.2 times as many yards of blue material. How he did last week. How many hours does Juan
many yards of blue material does Sue buy? work this week?
A 2.1 yards A 12.3 hours
B 2.95 yards B 22 hours
C 5.25 yards C 30.75 hours
D 21 yards D 37.5 hours

Spiral Review ([Link].1.2, [Link].1.3a, [Link].1.3b, [Link].2.7)


3. The expression below shows a number in 4. Kelly buys a sweater for $16.79 and a pair
expanded form. What is the standard form of of pants for $28.49. She pays with a $50
the number? (Lesson 3.2) bill. How much change should Kelly get
back? (Lesson 3.11)
2 3 10 1 3 3 __
1 ___
1 ____
1
10 1 9 3 100 1 7 3 1,000
A $4.72
A 2,397
B $5.48
B 20.397
C $5.72
C 2.397
D $45.28
D 2.0397

5. Elvira is using a pattern to multiply 103 3 37.2. 6. Which digit should go in the box to make the
following statement true? (Lesson 3.3)
100 3 37.2 5 37.2
101 3 37.2 5 372 63.749 , 63. 2
102 3 37.2 5 _
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What is the product 103 3 37.2? (Lesson 4.1) B 6


A 0.0372 C 7
B 0.372 D 8
C 3,720
D 37,200

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Lesson 4.8
Name
COMMON CORE STANDARDS [Link].1.2,
Zeros in the Product [Link].2.7
Perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers
and with decimals to hundredths.

Find the product.

1. 0.07 7 2. 0.3 3. 0.05 4. 0.08


3 0.2 32 3 0.1 3 0.8 3 0.3
0.014 14

5. 0.06 6. 0.2 7. 0.05 8. 0.08


3 0.7 3 0.4 3 0.4 3 0.8

9. $0.90 10. 0.02 11. 0.09 12. $0.05


3 0.1 3 0.3 3 0.5 3 0.2
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13. A beaker contains 0.5 liter of a solution. 14. A certain type of nuts are on sale at $0.35 per
Jordan uses 0.08 of the solution for an pound. Tamara buys 0.2 pound of nuts. How
experiment. How much of the solution does much will the nuts cost?
Jordan use?

Chapter 4 P95
Lesson Check ([Link].1.2, [Link].2.7)
1. Cliff multiplies 0.06 and 0.5. Which product 2. Which product is equal to 0.036?
should he record?
A 0.6 3 0.6
A 0.003
B 0.30 3 0.06
B 0.03 C 0.9 3 0.4
C 0.3
D 0.4 3 0.09
D 3

Spiral Review ([Link].1.1, [Link].1.4, [Link].2.5, [Link].2.6)


3. A florist makes 24 bouquets. She uses 4. Mark has 312 books in his bookcases.
16 flowers for each bouquet. Altogether, He has 11 times as many fiction books as
how many flowers does she use? (Lesson 1.7) nonfiction books. How many fiction books
does Mark have? (Lesson 2.9)
A 40
A 26
B 168
C 364 B 212
C 286
D 384
D 301

5. Dwayne buys a pumpkin that weighs 6. In which of the following numbers does the
12.65 pounds. To the nearest tenth of digit 6 have the value 6,000? (Lesson 1.2)
a pound, how much does the pumpkin
A 896,000
weigh? (Lesson 3.4)
B 869,000
A 12 pounds
C 809,600
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B 12.6 pounds
D 809,060
C 12.7 pounds
D 13 pounds

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COMMON CORE STANDARDS [Link].1.2, [Link].2.7
Name

Chapter 4 Extra Practice


Lesson 4.1
Complete the pattern.

1. 3.04 3 1 5 __ 2. 1 3 70 5 __ 3. 100 3 0.57 5 __

3.04 3 10 5 __ 0.1 3 70 5 __ 101 3 0.57 5 __

3.04 3 100 5 __ 0.01 3 70 5 __ 102 3 0.57 5 __

3.04 3 1,000 5 __ 103 3 0.57 5 __

Lesson 4.2
Use the decimal model to find the product.

1. 4 3 0.07 5 __ 2. 5 3 0.20 5 __ 3. 13 3 0.03 5 __

Find the product. Draw a quick picture.

4. 7 3 0.06 5 __ 5. 8 3 0.12 5 __
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Chapter 4 P97
Lessons 4.3–4.4, 4.7–4.8
Find the product.
1. 8.24 2. 5.3 3. 0.29 4. 18.5
3 8 3 7 3 4 3 0.42

5. 4.4 6. 9.2 7. 0.04 8. $0.70


3 8.7 3 2.8 3 0.3 3 0.6

9. 17 3 0.16 10. 3.55 3 75.2 11. 7.8 3 25.87

__ ___ ___

Lesson 4.5
Solve.
1. Some friends go to the store to buy school 2. Chase collects $27.34 for a fundraiser. Sydney
supplies. Noel spends $4.89. Holly spends collects $9.83 more than Chase. Ally collects
3 times as much as Noel. Kris spends $12.73 4 times as much as Sydney. How much money
more than Holly. How much does Kris spend? does Ally collect?

Lesson 4.6
Multiply. Use the decimal model.
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1. 0.4 3 0.7 5 __ 2. 0.9 3 0.8 5 __ 3. 0.3 31.6 5 __

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Real-world examples contextualize abstract mathematical concepts, making them concrete. They improve comprehension by showing practical applications, such as calculating the cost of gasoline or groceries, which aids in retention and engagement by demonstrating the relevancy of math in everyday situations .

Estimating before calculating serves as an error-checking mechanism, ensuring the final product is feasible and within a reasonable range. It simplifies initial data evaluation, supports decision-making, and acts as a benchmark to which the calculated product can be compared for accuracy confirmation .

Estimating the total cost before multiplying decimals helps verify the sensibility of the final calculation and provides a quick check to ensure accuracy. For instance, estimating the cost can reveal any arithmetic errors if the actual product significantly deviates from the estimate, thus supporting practical decision-making .

The position of the decimal point in the product is determined by adding the number of decimal places in each factor. For example, if one factor has two decimal places and the other has one, the product will have three decimal places .

The concept of place value is crucial in distinguishing how the movement of the decimal point changes value in a multiplication pattern. For example, multiplying a number by 10 shifts its decimal point one place to the right, increasing its value tenfold. Conversely, multiplying by 0.1 shifts it left, reducing its value ten times underlining the hierarchical importance of each digit position .

Multiplying decimals can result in a product smaller than each operand if both are less than one, unlike whole numbers where multiplication typically increases or maintains magnitude. This reflects the inverse relationship in decimal contexts, emphasizing an understanding that each product's magnitude depends on the factors' sizes and their decimal nature .

Using expanded forms in multiplication allows students to visualize and decompose numbers into more manageable parts, improving the conceptual understanding of how smaller parts contribute to the overall product. This method highlights each digit’s value and shows how multiplication impacts each separately, aiding in error detection and cognitive processing .

Rounding to the nearest tenth is important in simplifying calculations and making data more understandable without significant loss of accuracy. For example, if a pumpkin weighs 12.65 pounds, rounding to 12.7 pounds provides a simpler number for quick reference in contexts like grocery shopping .

Mathematical reasoning involves identifying the power of ten by which the number is multiplied and shifting the decimal point accordingly. If a number is multiplied by 100 or 10^2, the decimal should move two places to the right, demonstrating proportional scaling according to the power, aligning with place value concepts .

The order of operations is critical as it ensures the correct sequencing of arithmetic steps, preventing miscalculations. In mixed expressions, neglecting the correct order can lead to drastically different results, particularly when operations such as multiplication and addition are combined in calculations involving decimals and whole numbers .

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