Unit 10 Contents

10. Mrs. Dewey's class recorded the number for these pieces.
    Romesh recorded 5.80. Jessie recorded 5.8. Frank recorded 5. Grace recorded 5. Which student is correct? Use base-ten pieces to explain your answer.

11. Get a handful of mixed skinnies and bits and count them by hundredths. Count the skinnies first (ten-hundredths, twenty-hundredths, thirty- hundredths, etc.) and then count on for the bits. When you finish, write the decimal number and the common fraction for your handful.

Base-Ten Shorthand

Tanya used the following base-ten pieces to show the number 3.45.

She showed her pieces using base-ten shorthand.

Tanya explained how she counted the base-ten pieces.

12. Use base-ten pieces to make these numbers. Then use base-ten shorthand to show the pieces. A flat is one whole.
1. 2.34
2. 0.08
3. 0.30
4. 13.42
5. 3.04
6. Show how you counted the base-ten pieces for Question 12A.
13. Write a decimal and a common fraction for the base-ten shorthand below:
1. 
2. 
3. 
4.