Lesson: Multiplying Decimals: Partial Products Mathematics • 5th Grade

In this lesson, we will learn how to multiply decimals by breaking them apart and calculating partial products that we can add to get the answer.

Lesson Plan

Students will be able to

partition decimals (to one decimal place) into ones and tenths,
multiply a decimal by a whole number by finding partial products before combining,
multiply two decimals by finding partial products before combining,
set out calculations using models or long multiplication.

Q1:

Find the missing number.

Q2:

Find the missing number.

Q3:

Use partial products to find the product of the following: