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Title Area Model Decimals - Grade 6
Description This is a lesson for Grade 6, during a unit on Arithmetic in Base Ten. Ideally, students will have already done the Grade 6 Geometry standards on area before this unit. Previously in this unit, students should have already learned to add and subtract decimals and then use place value to reason about multiplication and division.
Subject Mathematics
Level Middle School
Type Guided Activity
Duration 60 minutes
Answers Included No
Language English
Keywords activity, area, decimals, grade 6, math
Simulation(s) Area Model Decimals (HTML5)


Author(s) Maura Dudley
School / Organization Maura Dudley Education Consulting
Date submitted 19/06/05
Date updated 19/06/05