6.5 Unit Overview

Students develop and use a variety of strategies for adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing decimals.

By Amplify Classroom

Grades: 6th Grade

Subject: Math

Learning goals: Sub-Unit 1: Adding and Subtracting Decimals (Lessons 1–4) • Add and subtract multi-digit decimals using a variety of strategies. • Explain how to attend to place value when adding and subtracting multi-digit decimals. Sub-Unit 2: Multiplying Decimals (Lessons 5–8 + Practice Day + Quiz) • Multiply multi-digit decimals using a variety of strategies. • Compare and contrast different strategies for multiplying multi-digit decimals. Sub-Unit 3: Division and Dividing Decimals (Lessons 9–13 + Practice Day + Quiz) • Divide multi-digit decimals using a variety of strategies. • Divide multi-digit numbers with and without remainders using long division. • Compare and contrast different strategies for dividing multi-digit decimals. Sub-Unit 4: Solving Problems With Decimals (Lessons 14–16 + Practice Day) • Use decimal operations to solve problems in context. • Explain how operations with decimals relate to real-world problems.