Lesson: Modeling Tenths Mathematics • 4th Grade

In this lesson, we will learn how to represent tenths with a model, a fraction, a decimal, and words.

Lesson Plan

Students will be able to

model any number of tenths,
write a fraction with a denominator of 10 as a decimal,
write any number of tenths as a fraction and a decimal,
understand that the decimal point separates the whole part of the number from the fractional part.

Q1:

Look at how Madison represented 6 tenths as a model, a decimal, and a fraction.

In which model does the shaded part represent 4 tenths?

Write 4 tenths as a fraction.

Write 4 tenths as a decimal.

Q2:

Write a decimal to match the given model.

Q3:

Write the colored area as a number of tenths of the whole shape.

If the whole shape represents the number 1, write the number that the colored area represents as a decimal.

Write it as a fraction.