Description
While this four-page resource follows the teaching PowerPoint of the same name, it can be used to help explain decimals by itself. The Understanding Decimal Numbers Note Pages will help explain when decimals and zeros in numbers are necessary and when they are not.
Students will learn three concepts involving decimals that I call Invisible Decimals, Hanging Zeros, and Trapped Zeros. After years of my students struggling with the idea of decimals, I came up with these labels. They help students understand all whole numbers have a decimal at the end (Invisible Decimals), when a zero is necessary to keep in a number (Trapped Zeros) and when removing a zero will not change the value of the number (Hanging Zeros).
A teaching PowerPoint is available that goes along with these notes.
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Description
While this four-page resource follows the teaching PowerPoint of the same name, it can be used to help explain decimals by itself. The Understanding Decimal Numbers Note Pages will help explain when decimals and zeros in numbers are necessary and when they are not.
Students will learn three concepts involving decimals that I call Invisible Decimals, Hanging Zeros, and Trapped Zeros. After years of my students struggling with the idea of decimals, I came up with these labels. They help students understand all whole numbers have a decimal at the end (Invisible Decimals), when a zero is necessary to keep in a number (Trapped Zeros) and when removing a zero will not change the value of the number (Hanging Zeros).
A teaching PowerPoint is available that goes along with these notes.
