Students estimate a subtraction problem, share their methods, discuss the rounding one number method, and then do more problems by rounding one number.
Students drag numerals to create decimal numbers to create the largest and smallest decimal numbers, and closest decimal numbers to given whole numbers.
Students conduct a practical, statistical investigation. They decide on a Topic and question, conduct the survey, complete the tally chart, construct a bar graph of the major ideas and make statements about the results.
Students identify fractions that are greater than a half and explain their reasoning. They also identify how far from half some fractions are and name a fraction closer to half than one given.