Lesson # 7 Decimals written as money !
When doing operations with decimals… Think about MONEY !
How much money is $0.05 a)5 cents b)5 dollars c)Half a cent d)Or half a dollar ?
If you said… $0.05 is …half a dollar…or half a cent…or 5 bucks……then…
I’m sorry… You are W R O N G !!!!!!!!!!
$0.05 is equal to 5 cents.
Another example… $0.025 is equal to… A) A quarter B)Two and a half cents C)Twenty five cents D)Two dollars and fifty cents.
If you said that $0.025 is equal to B) Two and a half cents, then you are right!
So… When adding, subtracting, multiplying or dividing … Numbers with DECIMALS….
Think about… Cash MONEY
An example of adding… $ = ?
$0.015 = one and a half cents Soooooooooo
equals… One and a half cents PLUS one and a half cents… ( 0.03) Three Cents !
An example of subtracting… $1.25 – $0.05 = ?
Think… $1.25 equals one dollar and twenty five cents… Subtract… $0.05 (a nickel) Therefore $ $0.05 = $1.2 (One dollar and twenty cents)
An example of Multiplying… 0.12 x 2.0 = ?
Convert the “friendliest” number into groups and the other to MONEY!
0.12 x 2.0 Make the 0.12 the money (12 cents) Make the 2.0 the number of groups
That means you have … Two groups of 12 cents… Which is 24 cents ( 0.24) !
An example of dividing… $0.35 ÷ 0.05 = ?
Think… 0.35 (35 cents) ÷ 0.05(5 cents)
How many times would… Five cents fit into 35 cents?
Seven ? Right !
Lets get ready for 12 practice questions ! That’s right “ 12 ”, 3 add, 3 subtract, 3 multiply and 3 divide.
Question # = ?
Question # – 0.2 = ?
Question # x 3.0 = ?
Question # ÷ 0.05 = ?
Question # = ?
Question # – 0.75 = ?
Question # x 5.0 =
Question # ÷ 0.25 = ?
Question # = ?
Question # – 0.03 = ?
Question # x 0.01 = ?
Question # ÷ 0.25 = ?
And now the answers… Get Ready!
Question # = 0.11
Question # – 0.2 = 0.05
Question # x 3.0 = 1.5
Question # ÷ 0.05 = 7
Question # = 4.95
Question # – 0.75 = 0.75
Question # x 5.0 = 0.4
Question # ÷ 0.25 = 5
Question # = 0.275
Question # – 0.03 = 1.07
Question # x 0.01 = 0.25
Question # ÷ 0.25 = 9
The END !