Access Point #: MAFS.5.NBT.1.AP.3b (Archived Access Point)


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Compare two decimals to the hundredths place, whose values are less than 1.

Clarifications:

Essential Understandings

Concrete:

  • Recognize parts of a whole using materials divided into hundredths.
  • Understand the structure of a decimal, including the place value patterns.
  • Understand that numbers to the right of the decimal represent a value less than one.
  • Compare various amounts of change when making purchases, and determine which amount is larger.
Representation:
  • Know value of places to the thousandths.
  • Understand where to write a decimal point (e.g., to the right of the units).
  • Understand the following concepts, symbols, and vocabulary: decimal, decimal point, hundredths, hundredths place, thousandths, thousandths place.

Number: MAFS.5.NBT.1.AP.3b Category: Access Points
Date Adopted or Revised: 06/14 Cluster: Understand the place value system. (Major Cluster)

Clusters should not be sorted from Major to Supporting and then taught in that order. To do so would strip the coherence of the mathematical ideas and miss the opportunity to enhance the major work of the grade with the supporting clusters.

Related Standards

Name Description
MAFS.5.NBT.1.3: Read, write, and compare decimals to thousandths.
  1. Read and write decimals to thousandths using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form, e.g., 347.392 = 3 × 100 + 4 × 10 + 7 × 1 + 3 × (1/10) + 9 × (1/100) + 2 × (1/1000).
  2. Compare two decimals to thousandths based on meanings of the digits in each place, using >, =, and < symbols to record the results of comparisons.



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