Understanding Base Ten Blocks and Expanded Form

Understanding Base Ten Blocks and Expanded Form

Assessment

Interactive Video

Created by

Liam Anderson

Mathematics

4th - 6th Grade

Hard

The video tutorial explains how to subtract decimals using base ten blocks and write the result in expanded form. It covers representing decimals with blocks, subtracting hundredths and tenths, and performing exchanges when necessary. The tutorial concludes by finalizing the difference and expressing it in expanded form.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the purpose of using base ten blocks in this lesson?

To divide numbers

To multiply numbers

To find differences and write them in expanded form

To add numbers

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many blue flats are used to represent two and fifty-eight hundredths?

One

Two

Three

Four

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What color are the base ten blocks used to represent one and ninety-seven hundredths?

Red

Green

Yellow

Blue

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many bits are removed from two and fifty-eight hundredths during subtraction?

Eight

Seven

Six

Five

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is done when there are not enough longs to remove during subtraction?

Add more longs

Use bits instead

Remove fewer longs

Exchange a flat for ten longs

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

After performing the subtraction, how many longs are left?

Seven

Five

Six

Four

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the final difference in expanded form?

Seven-tenths plus zero-hundredths

Eight-tenths plus three-hundredths

Six-tenths plus one-hundredth

Five-tenths plus two-hundredths

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does one bit represent in the base ten block system?

One-hundredth

One-tenth

One whole

One-thousandth

9.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many longs are equivalent to one flat in the base ten block system?

Fifteen

Ten

Twenty

Five

10.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the main takeaway from using base ten blocks for subtraction?

It complicates the process

It helps visualize subtraction and expanded form

It simplifies addition

It is only useful for whole numbers

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