Number · Challenge 3 of 25 · about 5 min
Half, Tenths and Decimal
Show one half as tenths and as a decimal.
Your challenge
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Curriculum details
- Curriculum code
- VC2M4N03
- Strand
- Number
- Focus
- Connect equivalent fractions with related denominators and decimal notation.
Interactive visual
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Visual Trick
Same amount, smaller pieces
You can divide the same whole into more equal pieces without changing the amount.
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Step 1
Shade one of two equal parts of a fraction bar.
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Step 2
Split the same bar into ten equal parts without changing the shaded amount.
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Step 3
Count the five shaded tenths.
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Step 4
Connect five tenths to the tenths digit in 0.5 after an attempt or completed visual steps.
Your answer
Worked explanation
Why the answer makes sense
- Multiply both parts of 1/2 by 5 to make tenths.
- 1/2 = 5/10.
- Five tenths is written as 0.5.
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