2. January 6, 2014 “Life is not so much about beginnings and endings as it is about going on and on and on. It is about muddling through the middle.” Anna Quindlen

3. POTD After a class party 3¼ cartons of orange juice and 2¾ cartons of apple juice remained from the 10 cartons the teacher purchased. How much juice was used?

4. Write 2 as an improper fraction. 2 5 A. 4 5 B. 7 5 D. 2 7 C. 12 5

5. Write as a mixed number. 28 9 A. 3 9 B. 3 1 9 D. 3 3 9 C. 9 3

7. What does dec- mean?

8. What words contain the prefix dec-?

9. What is a decimal? A decimal is a part of a whole.

10. One dollar, 4 dimes, and 3 pennies is written in decimal form. Think about money. $1.43

11. One dollar is equal to 10 dimes. It takes 10 dimes to make 1 dollar, so a dime is one-tenth of a dollar.

12. One dime is equal to 10 pennies. It takes 100 pennies to make a dollar, so each penny is equal to one-hundredth of a dollar.

13. It takes 10 dimes to make 1 dollar, so a dime is one-tenth of a dollar. $0.10 = one dime It takes 100 pennies to make 1 dollar, so a penny is one-hundredth of a dollar. $0.01 = one penny

14. Practice writing these amounts of money as decimals on a sheet of paper. 71 cents 6 cents 119 cents 215 cents

15. What are decimals? Decimals are numbers that include fractional parts using denominators that are powers of ten. As we move to the right of the decimal, every number place is 10 times smaller

16. Everything to the left of the decimal point is a WHOLE number. Everything to the right of the decimal point is PART of a whole.

17. What is a decimal point? A decimal point is to the right of the ones place.

18. Where is the tenths place? The tenths place is to the right of the decimal point.

19. Where is the hundredths place? The hundredths place is to the right of the tenths place.

20. Decimal Place Value Chart

25. thirty-two hundredths 0.32 Thirty-two out of one hundred are shaded 32 100

26. eighty out of one hundred are shaded 0.80 eighty hundredths 80 100

27. Reading Decimals Say what you see before the decimal Say “and” for the decimal Say what you see after the decimal Say the place value of the final digit To write in words, you write what you say

28. five hundred eighty and 5 8 0. 3 2 4 three hundred twenty-four thousandths

29. One and forty-six hundredths

30. three and forty seven hundredths Three and forty seven thousandths three and forty seven tenths Three and forty seven hundred

31. seventeen thousand eighty two seventeen and eighty-two hundredths seventeen and eighty-two tenths seventeen and eighty-two thousandths

32. Additional Information 1 think of ½ of a dollar… $0.50 2 1 think of splitting a dollar in fourths 4 1 think of 1/5 of 100 5

34. January 7, 2014 “Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?” ― L.M. Montgomery

35. POTD Lia read her new book for 2¾ of an hour on Tuesday. If she read for 1¼ of an hour before lunch, how long did she read for after lunch?

36. Write 3 as an improper fraction. 7 8 C. 10 8 A. 31 8 B. 7 11 D. 24 8

37. Write as a mixed number. 34 6 A. 5 2 6 B. 4 3 2 D. 5 2 3 C. 6 1 3

38. Homework Review

39. Comparing Decimals

40. Using Models If you are comparing tenths to hundredths, you can use a tenths grid and a hundredths grid. Here, you can see that 0.4 is greater than 0.36.

41. The Easy Way Line up the numbers vertically by the decimal point. Add “ 0 ” to fill in any missing spaces. Compare from left to right. EX: Compare 43.2 and 43.198

42. Compare Sara’s score with Danny’s score. 1.Line Up Decimal Points – Sara: 42.1 – Danny: 42.5 2.Start at the left and find the first place where the digits differ. Compare the digits – 1<5 – 42.1<42.5 – This means Sara’s score was lower than Danny’s score. Sara42.1 Danny42.5 Ross42.0 Bethany40.7 Jacob46.1 Half pipe Results

43. Equivalent Decimals Decimals that name the same number are called equivalent decimals. 0.60 and 0.6 Are these the same???

44. 0.600.6 =

46. Decimal Cards Each partner will shade their card.

47. January 8, 2014 A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao Tzu

48. POTD 15 friends want to order pizza for dinner. They predict that each person will eat 1/3 of a pizza. How many pizzas should they order? Write as an improper fraction and mixed number.

49. Write 5 as an improper fraction. 1 10 C. 51 15 A. 50 10 B. 6 10 D. 51 10

50. Write as a mixed number. 23 5 A. 4 3 5 B. 5 1 5 D. 4 3 4 C. 4 2 5

51. Homework Review

52. To add decimals Line up the decimal points and add the columns from right to left. Place a decimal point in the answer directly below the other decimal points.

53. Example 1 0.64 + 0.39 Line up the decimal points. 0.64 +0.39 __________________________ Add the columns. 0.64 +0.39 __________________________ 1.03

54. Adding Examples: 4.55 + 11.3 Put the first number on the top of the second number and line up the decimals. 4.55 + 11.3 You can add a zero to help keep everything lined up 0 15.85 When adding or subtracting you always start from the right and work left.

55. 6.44 + 16 When there is not a decimal put one behind the number. Line up the decimal 6.44 + 16. Add a zero to line up everything 22.44 0

56. Adding to 1

57. Adding to 1 Continued

59. January 9, 2014 “There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.” – Louis L’Amour

60. POTD Tom picked 10 plums from a tree in the garden and ate 3/5 of them before lunch. How many plums did he have left?

61. Homework Review

62. Runner’s Log Venetta and her mother get exercise every morning by going for a walk together. Instead of walking the same amount every day, they decide to have a goal of walking a total of 2 miles every week. In order to keep track they keep a log that looks like this: Monday- 0.5 mile Tuesday- 0.6 mile What fraction did they walk on Monday? (simplify) What fraction did they walk on Tuesday? (simplify) Did they walk more or less on Tuesday than Monday? Estimate the total distance they walked in those 2 days.

63. SAB Unit 6 page 52

64. SAB Unit 6 page 53

66. January 10, 2014 “Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” – Martin Luther King

67. POTD A farmer owns 4 acres of farmland. He grows potatoes on 3/8 of the land. On how many acres of land does the farmer grow potatoes?

68. Homework Review ODD

69. Decimal Quiz Review Word, standard, model form Comparing decimals Writing decimals as fractions Adding fractions

70. SAB Unit 6 pages 57-58