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Representing and Identifying Decimals

Each square below represents a garden. The shaded part represents the amount of the garden that is planted. In each problem you will either identify the amount planted in the garden using both fraction and decimal notation or represent the amount planted on a square.

  • 1 Forty squares are shaded in a 10 by 10 square.

    What amount of the garden was planted?

    Fraction:

    Decimal:

  • 2 Seventy-eight squares are shaded in a 10 by 10 square.

    What amount of the garden was planted?

    Fraction:

    Decimal:

  • 3 Sabrina planted 0.03 of her garden with tomatoes. Shade in the amount she planted.

    A 10 by 10 square.

    What fraction of the garden did Sabrina plant with tomatoes?


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Table of Contents

Investigations 3 in Number, Data, and Space®, Student Activity Book Unit 1 Arrays, Factors, and Multiplicative Comparison Unit 2 Generating and Representing Measurement Data Unit 3 Multiple Towers and Cluster Problems Unit 4 Measuring and Classifying Shapes Unit 5 Large Numbers and Landmarks Unit 6 Fraction Cards and Decimal Grids Unit 7 How Many Packages and Groups? Unit 8 Penny Jars and Towers