Decimal Foundations - Intro

This math unit focuses on understanding and manipulating decimal and fractional concepts using a variety of visual and numerical methods. Initially, the unit teaches students to convert tenths in fraction form to visual representations, facilitating an intuitive grasp of decimal quantities. Progressively, the unit shifts from basic visual recognition to numeral conversion both from and to pictures. As part of deepening the understanding, the unit also introduces the concept of hundredths, expanding the learner's capability to handle finer decimal places. Following these foundational concepts, the unit advances by incorporating number lines as tools to represent, read, and interpret both small and large decimal values. This part of the unit helps solidify a practical interpretation of decimals, improving the students’ ability to locate and understand decimals in a continuum. Finally, the unit delves deeper into decimal comparisons by testing student capabilities to compare and contrast decimals in various forms—numerically, pictorially, and through fraction-decimal equivalents. Advanced topics challenge students to distinguish among tenths and hundredths, fostering a comprehensive and practical understanding of decimals. This progressive methodology aims to build a strong numerical foundation with an emphasis on accuracy in representation and comparison.Skills you will learn include:

• Decimals from pictures
• Decimals on number lines
• Place value of tenths and hundredths