The Number System and Rational Quantities · Number and Operations
Decimal Operations in Context
Applying multi-digit decimal operations to solve financial and measurement problems.
Key Questions
- 1How does the placement of the decimal point change our understanding of a number's magnitude?
- 2When is an estimated answer more useful than an exact decimal calculation?
- 3How do rounding errors compound when performing multiple operations?
Ontario Curriculum Expectations
ON: Number - Grade 6
Grade: Grade 6
Subject: Mathematics
Unit: The Number System and Rational Quantities
Period: Number and Operations
Suggested Methodologies
Ready to teach this topic?
Generate a complete, classroom-ready active learning mission in seconds.
More in The Number System and Rational Quantities
Integers and the Coordinate Plane
Exploring positive and negative numbers in real world contexts and mapping them onto a four quadrant grid.
2 methodologies
Fractional Division and Reciprocals
Moving beyond rote algorithms to understand what it means to divide a quantity by a part of a whole.
2 methodologies