Dividing Decimals and Place Value

Dividing Decimals and Place Value

Assessment

Interactive Video

Mathematics

4th - 5th Grade

Hard

Created by

Aiden Montgomery

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The video tutorial explains how to divide the decimal 0.5 by 10 using place value markers. It begins by introducing the problem and then demonstrates the use of place value markers to understand the position of digits. The tutorial explains the process of dividing decimals by 10, emphasizing the movement of the decimal point to a smaller place value. Finally, it concludes with an explanation of the result, which is 0.05.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the initial problem the teacher presents in the video?

Multiplying 0.5 by 10

Adding 0.5 to 10

Dividing 0.5 by 10

Subtracting 0.5 from 10

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What tool does the teacher use to help understand the position of digits?

Number line

Place value markers

Calculator

Graph paper

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When dividing a decimal by 10, what happens to the decimal point?

It stays in the same place

It moves to the right

It disappears

It moves to the left

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the new place value of the digit 5 after dividing 0.5 by 10?

Thousandths place

Hundredths place

Tenths place

Ones place

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the final result of dividing 0.5 by 10?

0.5

5.0

0.05

0.005

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