Monday, November 17, 2008

6th Neruda & Bronte

Quote: Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines. - Robert Schuller

Objective: Divide decimals.

Activate Prior Knowledge
Divide. Show your work.
a) 373 ÷ 8 =
b) 205 ÷ 6 =
c) 836 ÷ 19 =
d) 294 ÷ 14 =

New Knowledge:
Make both the dividend and divisor whole numbers by multiplying by a multiple of 10 use zeros as place holders.
Then divide as whole numbers. Since there is a remainder, place a zero in the dividend and continue to divide.

Give several examples:
▫ 0.48 ÷ 0.03 =
▫ 22.8 ÷ 0.8 =


Reflection:When we divide decimals we need to…

6th Bronte: Homework p.70(23-25)

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