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This is a 15-page document (plus a few pages of answer key) that is intended for an introduction to decimals. It includes tenths and hundredths with practice on number lines, word form, comparing, and adding and subtraction. The emphasis is on making sense of the numbers and the place value. All computation problems are presented horizontally, and many can be solved mentally with adequate understanding of tenths and how they combine to form wholes. I created this for use with on grade level a

This is a double set of task cards (24 cards per set) designed to support 5.NBT.B7, which focuses on decimal computation. These cards focus on handling tenths, many involving subtraction from a whole. I created these to help students who consistently try to regroup and make errors as they cross over the decimal point. I would like for many of these problems to be obvious, and yet I have kids who are solving 3 - 0.7 and they're busy crossing out the 3 to regroup. The majority of the cards fe