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Multiplying Decimals

For Teachers 5th - 8th
See how easy it is to multiply decimals. This clip shows learners that when you multiply decimal numbers, you multiply the same as you would a whole number, then plug in the decimal point at the end.
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How Do You Multiply Decimals?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Using examples like 4.2 multiplied by 5.9, an instructor shows how to find the answer to these types of problems. She starts by explaining that the key to these problems involves ignoring the decimal points until you've multiplied the...
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Multiplying Decimals

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Make a point to carefully place the decimal point. By watching an educational video, pupils learn how to multiply decimals. They see that they need to multiply as if there are no decimal points, then hear how to correctly place the...
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How Do You Multiply Decimals?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Find the product of numbers that have decimals. First, ignore the decimals and multiply the integers. Second, count the place values of the decimals for each value given. Third, add the values together. Fourth, place the decimal in the...
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The Distributive Property and the Products of Decimals

For Students 6th Standards
Make multiplication of decimals easier by applying the distributive property. Pupils investigate how they can use the distributive property to multiply decimals. After learning the strategy, they work on some practice problems at...
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How Do You Multiply Decimals?

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Find the product of numbers that have decimals. First, ignore the decimals and multiply the integers. Second, count the place values of the decimals for each value given. Third, add the values together. Fourth, place the decimal in the...
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Multiplying and Dividing Decimals

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learn to multiply with decimals. The class reviews multiplying multi-digit whole numbers based off of word problems. Then they learn how to multiply using decimals and practice with money problems.
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Fractions Forever!

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Middle schoolers identify proper, improper fractions, and mixed numbers.  They reduce fractions to their lowest terms. They add and subtract fractions with different denominators, and multiply and divide fractions, as well as...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Movie tickets

For Teachers 6th - 7th Standards
This is a good Common Core question that relates inflation to operations with decimals and rounding. Young learners are asked to find out if an amount of money can purchase the same amount of movie tickets in 2012 as it did in 1987. They...
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How Do You Divide Decimals?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Converting decimals to whole numbers is explained. An instructor shows how to multiply a decimal to convert it to a whole number. She then goes on to explain how to find the answer to a division problem involving decimals.
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Corbett Maths

Percentages: Multipliers for Increasing and Decreasing by a Percentage

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Solve two-step percent problems with a single multiplication. By reviewing how to find the percent of a problem, the video introduces the idea of finding multipliers to find solutions for increasing or decreasing percent problems. Pupil...
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Multiplying Decimal Numbers: Using Zeros as Placeholders

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Explore decimals with upper graders. They solve problems from their textbook involving decimal multiplication. Afterward, as a class, they check their answers by comparing them to those projected with an overhead projector.
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EngageNY

Fraction Multiplication and the Products of Decimals

For Students 6th Standards
Class members come up with a hypothesis on the number of decimal digits in the product of two decimals. Learners work in groups to complete several decimal multiplication problems. The results help groups develop a conjecture on the...
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Multiplying Fractions and Whole Numbers: Mixed Number Answer, Pre-Algebra

For Students 5th - 7th
Here is a great video explaining multiplying a fraction by a whole number. Sal shows students how to put a whole number over 1 to multiply it by a fraction. He simplifies his answer and writes it as a mixed number.
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Multiplying and Dividing with Significant Figures, Decimals, Pre-Algebra

For Students 7th - 9th
Sal takes out the big guns—or, in this case, the big calculator—in this video, which takes the concept of significant figures even further. Sal shows how to multiply and divide significant figures using electronic and handwritten...
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EngageNY

The Division Algorithm—Converting Decimal Division into Whole Number Division Using Fractions

For Students 6th Standards
Knowing the standard algorithm opens up a whole new world of division. Scholars learn how to convert division involving decimals to division involving whole numbers to use the standard algorithm. Knowing how to multiply with powers of...
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Mathematics Assessment Project

Translating Between Repeating Decimals and Fractions

For Teachers 8th Standards
Model for your young mathematicians the process for converting repeating decimals to fractions. To demonstrate their understanding of the process, class members then complete and assessment task and participate in an activity matching...
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Multiplying Decimals and Mixed Numbers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars multiply decimals and/or mixed numbers. They explore the effects of multiplying decimals and mixed numbers. They practice estimating answers when a number is multiplied by a decimal or mixed number.
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Dividing a Decimal by a Power of 10: Shortcut, Decimals, Pre-Algebra

For Students 5th - 7th
Occasionally, in mathematics, there are "shortcuts" one can take. Sal explains a quick way to divide decimal numbers. He demonstrates that in some instances, simply shifting the decimal point to the left will result in a correct answer.
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Multiplying Decimals

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners explore multiplying decimals. In this lesson plan about decimals and multiplication, students follow steps to better understand the concept. Learners learn two different ways of multiplying decimals. Students maintain a fuller...
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Khan Academy

Decimal to Simplified Fraction, Decimals, Pre-Algebra

For Students 4th - 6th
This video demonstrates how to write a decimal as a fraction and explains why it works. The concept is explained well and presented clearly and straightforwardly. Great for third or fourth graders.
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Multiplying Decimals and Mixed Numbers

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students practice multiplying decimals and/or mixed numbers, explore the effects of multiplying decimals and mixed numbers, and practice predicting the effects of multiplying a number by a decimal or mixed number.
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How Do You Do Long Division with Decimals?

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Review some long division that contains a decimal number. Do the division first and when that is completed then figure out where the decimal goes in the answer. Just don't let those decimals make you crazy about doing the long division.
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Decimals and Fractions

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Young scholars convert fractions to decimals. They are shown how to convert fractions to decimals through teacher demonstration on the board. A 20-problem worksheet and answer key are included.

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